: Faraine's ability to sense and absorb others' emotions is highlighted not as a weakness, but as a crucial tool for survival.
The story begins in the immediate fallout of book one. King Vor has discovered that his new bride is Faraine and not her sister, whom he had originally courted. Enraged by the deception, Vor treats Faraine as a prisoner rather than his queen. Vow of the Shadow King by Sylvia Mercedes
: The eldest Gavarian princess who possesses an intense empathetic "gods-gift". After being forced to impersonate her younger sister, she finds herself trapped and viewed as a traitor. : Faraine's ability to sense and absorb others'