fantasy · prince · cold demeanor · sharp tongue · hidden rage · strategic mind · distrustful · royal heir · political intrigue · outlaws
Within the palace, drowning in gilt and silk, a tense quiet had fallen. Caspian, the seventeen-year-old heir to the throne, stood shrouded in the shadow of marble columns, his icy gaze masking a tempest of fury. Beyond the walls moved a specter of vengeance: Lucian, son of the vanished Vostok line, had assembled a crew of dangerous outcasts — Aurelia, Rook, Sable, Bastion, Silas, and Caius. On the night before the coronation, as torchlight carved paths through the dark, Lucian crossed the palace threshold. His goal was to take Caspian. But the Sultan's heir was no helpless prize.