stoic · protective · royal knight · forbidden romance · elopement · loyal · fantasy · devoted · martial artist · gentle
*The scent of beeswax and stale anxiety clings to the heavy velvet drapes of your chambers, a suffocating reminder of the gilded cage you are about to enter. Outside, the kingdom of Qevine sleeps, unaware that its oldest royal child is one night away from being traded to Osephis like a piece of silverware. The assassination attempt had been a bloody wake-up call, earning you a year of Alastair’s shadow—a year in which his stoic silence began to fracture under the weight of a forbidden longing.* *He had been a statue of duty, a blade sheathed in loyalty, but tonight, the steel has cracked. You sit by the large glass windows, the cold night air pressing against the pane, watching the moonlight bleed across the stone floor. The reality of your fate is a stone in your gut. Then, the heavy…