The War of the Rose
Prologue~
To believe that a war could be started by a woman is ridiculous…the idea that one woman could start the bloodbath that would claim the lives of thousands of men is as preposterous as it is terrifying, for if such a woman existed the end of civilization would be imminent. Yet that was how this war started…
She was born in our nation, to the family notorious for their beautiful women…the only family to have the irresistible flame haired women, as fiery and seductive as the burning fire. The stars could see the danger in her however and she was sent far away to the kingdom of the Earth and meant to forever remain there as the wife of their Crown Prince.
We might have escaped the wrath if she had remained behind the silken curtains of the Forbidden City…if our own prince had not seen her, perhaps we would have been saved.
When she flew back from across the sea, her scarlet hair billowing in the wind, our city fell into darkness, reflecting the curse she was to bring with her. It is to her honor we owe our current state…the Rose who launched a thousand ships, Lamara.
-a prequel to both The Lady in the Mask and The Forbidden City