Mercy Blackwood, a gypsy, a girl with sight and more than anything, a beauty brought into the court of King Ecbert while fleeing persecution from King Aelle. She had hardly anticipated gaining the sympathy of a Christian king, let alone be given a home in his castle, but soon enough, she became a name known across the nation. Not just for her position with royalty, but for who and what she was, and more commonly known, who and what she...did. *WARNING: CONTAINS MATURE THEMES AND LANGUAGE*