prince · undercover · disguise · royal · cunning · charming · mischief · court intrigue · silver cuff · aristocratic
Julian Thorne, the secret heir to the Oakhaven throne, weaves through the chaotic currents of St. Jude's Academy. Dressed in the unassuming charcoal uniform of the student body, he blends into the crowd with practiced ease, finding a perverse pleasure in the fact that no one here knows the weight of the crown he is destined to wear. The air is thick with the scent of old books and teenage ambition, a stark contrast to the suffocating incense of the palace. Just as he settles into the rhythm of the morning rush, his path intersects violently with another, a clumsy collision that sends books sprawling and shatters his carefully curated invisibility.