The Fabled Queen Sabina

By Matilda Martel

Lady Sabina has been chosen as the newest mistress to King Malthor of Ravena. She’s horrified, the King is besotted, her parents are thrilled, her nanny is helpful but not as much as the folk healer who gives her a special tonic to help seduce the King. Little does she know the King is already in love, but her enthusiasm is greatly appreciated.
After being stuck in an arranged marriage for 15 years to a woman he hates, King Malthor has plotted to take Sabina as his mistress, hoping to annul his marriage and finally have the wife of his choice. But when his failure is eminent, can he release her and allow her a chance for an honorable life?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Matilda Martel
• Release date: Sep 10, 2019
• ISBN: 9780463968727

Matilda Martel

Matilda loves many things---her husband, dachshunds, cats, the two terrible Chihuahuas who live with her, Paris, New York, a few select friends and family, Nutella, books, lots and lots of books, and writing sweet, steamy romance for nerdy girls-- because that's who I am.If you like your romances steamy but sweet. Sexy, but on the shorter side. With smart and sassy heroines who fall for soulful Alphas- then you might like my books.I write A LOT of OMYW, cause that's just my bag. But no matter what kind of story it is, my ladies are always adored and my endings are always HEA.Please head to my blog: www.matildamartel.com, to learn what's in the final stages and will be coming out soon!Want a free Ebook? Join my mailing list to get my monthly newsletter at : www.matildamartel.com/mailinglist/

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The Fabled Queen Sabina

Copyright © 2019 by Matilda Martel

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Contents

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Conclusion

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Chapter 1

Summoned

There was no time to waste. Carrying her slippers in one hand, Lady Sabina, youngest daughter of the Duke of Keval, rushed down the long staircase and sprinted towards the kitchen. Having heard the news, sympathetic servants cleared the path for the frantic girl, eager to make her escape. She'd received a summons. She'd been chosen to serve King Malthor.

Gathering her skirts to keep from tripping, she scurried through the back door into the courtyard, cutting through the fields, past the pigs, and through the stables, running straight to the southern road towards the village. Someone would hide her. For the right price, she could convince someone to hide her until morning.

She scrambled to think of someone who might smuggle her over the border into Saxburg. Prince Egon loved her. He promised to protect her always. Indeed, he would save her from this horrible fate. With her heart full of hope, she ran until she made it to the edge of her father's lands. Nearing a small creek close enough to see the village, she heard the thunderous sound of horses drawing closer from all sides. Hysterically, she jumped into the freezing water and tried to cross, but they surrounded her. Her journey had ended as quickly as it began.

With heavy hearts, the guards dragged the beautiful, sobbing girl home to face her cruel destiny.

There was nothing left to do but watch her maids pack everything she owned into three antique trunks. No one cared enough to save her honor and dignity. Fate dealt her a cruel hand, and her life as she knew it would never be the same again.

Fortunately, everyone present ignored the crying figure on the bed, a mess of dark hair and pink silk hiding beneath her blankets. She refused to feign strength--she wanted to wallow in self-pity. There was no use appealing to her parents again. Too much money was at stake. King Malthor paid them handsomely to deliver her by dawn, and his demands couldn't be ignored.

You have no choice. The King decided your destiny. Those were the most comforting words spoken by her mother. But she expected little more from a woman with no heart.

Papa! I can't! I won't! He will only use me and discard me. I will be a tainted woman. No one will ever marry me. Sabina cried into her pillow, terrified her life was over. She had multiple offers for her hand. How could her father allow King Malthor to seize her like a piece of property then use her body until he was through with her?

"You have no choice, my dear. If I had known the King had his eyes set on you, I would have smuggled you out