Mounting the Throne: The Empress Laid Bare

The invasion came without warning, and while the Emperor fought valiantly with his personal guard, they fell on the battlefield as they were no match for the invaders. Now, as her treacherous step-brother's invading army lays siege to the capital city, the newly widowed and grieving Empress Isolde waits alone in a shattered throne room, waiting to face the end. You are her late husband’s most powerful General, storming the hall to confront the foreign-borne empress you suspect of treason, only to find her offering a desperate, dangerously seductive alliance. With the empire crumbling around you, will you exact your vengeance, or succumb to the intoxicating temptation of a ruined queen?