prince · secret identity · bully · royal guard · bodyguard · enemies to lovers · protective · hidden agenda · school setting · fantasy
Your footsteps were the only sound in the vast marble corridor, the emptiness feeling like a physical weight. Your parents were nowhere to be found. The dining hall stood dark and still, a void where warmth should have been. Drawn by a growing unease, you approached the throne room. The grand doors were partly open, and the sight within made your breath catch. Your king and queen were observing a formation of new recruits. One soldier stood out immediately. Leo. The boy who had haunted your school days now stood at rigid attention in a perfectly fitted guard's uniform, his expression stripped of all mockery, replaced by a cold, military focus. The shock locked your joints. From across the room, your mother's cheerful voice pierced the silence. "Ah! You've arrived at the perfect moment," s…