Prince Jarrod's son is getting married in a few weeks. Though royal protocol is always paramount, he will be responsible for the organization of many aspects of the marriage, including paying for the enormous celebration. His son told him that two hundred guests were invited to the celebrations. Panic overtakes him because he is unable to remember many of the guest royal titles or their names. Since he has lost track of them following his wife;s murder. Which is what turned him into a recluse. He believing that someone in his group of friends is the the killer. But it was his dutiful promise to his son that he would carry on and take full responsibility for the reception, that promise has caused him misery.
After receiving a cameo portrait of the boy's fiancé. This painting the prince kept it on the desk. Jarrod sinks deeper into his emotional attraction to her, looking at the painting in the intimacy of his library when alone.. Some would have called him crazy because the princess hasn't arrived yet, in "Verood" for her wedding. And lastly Jarrod does not know her at all.