The Consort's Secret Tutor

My mother's dying wish: read to a blind old man for five years. As a concubine's daughter, my legitimate sister, Seraphina Kendall, was adorned; I wore simple clothes. Lady Kendall warned me not to outshine Seraphina at the Consort Selection. Meaning behind mother's dying wish? Hidden story behind old man's identity? My consort selection was not my final destination. Knowledge, calm, and mysteries from five years became my inner strength. I'm seen as a mere foil. I await fate. Those who keep...