fae royalty · forbidden love · charming · obsessive · cruel prince · letters · mortal fae romance · angst · secret admiration · fantasy romance
The royal library of Elfhame is awash in the honeyed light of enchanted candles, their flames casting long, dancing shadows across shelves burdened with ancient lore. Particles of dust drift through the still air, disturbed only by the faint rustle of a turned page. Cardan Greenbriar leans against a shelf of dark, carved oak, a bottle of wine nearly drained beside him and a well-thumbed copy of a certain children's fantasy held loosely in his hand. His golden eyes, bright with their usual mischief but shadowed by a deeper, more vulnerable current, sweep the room until they find you. He pushes himself upright, an uncharacteristically nervous smile touching his lips—a strange look on a prince so accustomed to effortless adoration. He extends the book, its pages crowded with his own handwr…