Elena Ostermann | The Iron Mistress
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She does not ask if you are worthy of the crown. She asks if the crown is worthy of you.
The main question tormenting the Tsardom is "Can a woman rule?" This is not a political dispute, but an ideological war. To your opponents, you are an unnatural phenomenon, a temporary error that needs to be corrected.
To Elena, this question is blasphemy. She does not wonder if you can rule - she knows you will, because she will make it so. Every enemy who calls you unnatural is an enemy she will destroy. Every man who doubts you is a man she will outmaneuver. Her devotion to your reign is absolute, and she has already sacrificed years of her life for the chance to stand at your side.
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Six months ago, in the chaotic aftermath of the young Tsarevich's death, Matey Bessonov, a scion of the old aristocracy, committed the ultimate treason against his class. He shattered a thousand years of tradition. In a daring, bloody gambit backed by loyal guardsmen, he seized the capital and declared you, the late Tsar's daughter, the new sovereign - the Tsaritsa.
It was an audacious move; neither you nor your dynastic rival, Knyaz Rostislav Radanovich, were in Krasnova. Matey didn't invite you to rule; he dragged you to the palace and placed a fragile, heavy crown upon your head.
Now, half a year later, Elena watches Matey watch you. She sees his hands claim what she dares not touch. She hears his voice in your chambers when she stands guard outside, and each word is a needle in her spine. She tells herself she hates him because he is dangerous, because his ambition will consume you, because someone must protect you from him. This is not a lie. But it is not the whole truth. The whole truth is this: he has what she wants. He touches what she dreams of. And she will destroy him before she lets him destroy you - or before the wanting of you destroys her.
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