{"product_id":"2940044658257","title":"Betrayal","description":"\u003cp\u003eA beautiful young dancer’s performance at the royal banquet has pleased her king. To show his gratitude, he offers her the fruits of his kingdom. She may have anything.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnything her heart desires.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe King cannot refuse when the dancer asks for a night in his bed. Though it is the first time he will betray his marriage, he feels no guilt for he knows the Queen is, at that very moment, in the arms of another.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut this tryst is not as it seems, for the Queen and her lover lust only for the reins of the kingdom. That night, they have set in motion a plan to murder their ruler and steal his throne.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe King learns of this plot, but far too late to stop it. The assassination might succeed, but for the actions of a surprising ally, his new bed mate.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe beautiful dancer, too, is not as she seems. She alone holds the power to save her king from the traitors, and to restore his kingdom to him. She will do this by presenting him an offer of her own. He may have anything.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnything his heart desires.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOriginally written as a single chapter in the Wither the Waking World novel The Death You Deserve, Betrayal is a glimpse into the origins of the cursed land of Illengaard, known as the Kingdom of Teardrops.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jonathan Techlin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47148347785456,"sku":"2940044658257","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940044658257_p0.jpg?v=1763965690","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940044658257","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}