Elowen sacrificed five years of her life for Cedric—her family's trade routes, her fortune, her devotion. He repaid her by gambling away their engagement and calling her the "fat bride" he was ashamed to wed. As the port gathers to mock her, Captain Kael offers her the kindness she was denied. But Elowen is no longer the woman they remember. At the banquet, she'll have the last laugh.
