DISPOSING OF THE ROTTEN APPLES Kayena's efforts to manipulate people's perceptions of her finally prove fruitful when she is handed authority over the palace staff. She immediately begins to amass trustworthy allies by summoning her previously exiled nanny and a small, exclusive group of new ladies-in-waiting--but a sudden run-in with the obsessive Lord Gillian shakes her to her very core. The appearance of her cruel husband from her first life serves as a harsh reminder of just how much she has to lose...Will Kayena be able to change things this time around, or will the chains of fate prove too strong to escape?