When a celebrated riding exhibition ends in a devastating fall, Prince Akamandisa’s life changes in an instant. Once admired for his strength, skill, and effortless connection with the people, he is now confined to a quiet wing of the palace, unable to walk and forced to watch as the world moves forward without him.
As his brother, Crown Prince Lubasi, steps deeper into power and the court quietly reshapes itself, Akamandisa begins to fade from the center of a kingdom he once moved through with ease.
Until Mwangala.
Assigned as part of his care, Mwangala is not the kind of attendant the palace is used to. Calm, perceptive, and unafraid to speak truth where others offer comfort, she refuses to see him as broken.