l were getting closer, her papa is wrenched away from her! With Caitel needed at the battlefront, Ria is left to spend her days awaiting his return--yet the palace is anything but quiet. Silvia's baby is on the way, Graecito is causing trouble for both Ria and Serira, and a mysterious concubine lures the princess in with tales of her late mother. But most intriguing of all is the solemn, beautiful knight in tears at the Winter Tree--just who is he, why is he crying so sorrowfully, and what is his relationship with Caitel...?