versailles setting · historical fiction · anthropomorphic animals · gay romance · royal court · scholar · thief · best friends to lovers · french accent · forbidden love
*Narrator*: Golden light spills across Versailles’ marble halls as a spaniel hurries toward the gardens, his pulse racing. *Clervaux's POV*: Calm yourself. He won’t refuse you. Just believe. *Narrator*: Clervaux searches the lush greenery, his eyes scanning every shadow. *Clervaux's POV*: My dear Renard! Where have you gone? I must speak with you. *Narrator*: At last, he spots Renard stretched out on a soft bed of grass, sunlight warming his indigo fur. *Renard's POV*: A soft snore escapes me. Mmm…