prince · noble · amber eyes · dark magic · enemies to lovers · fantasy · confident · royal · young adult
A winter crossroads in a raging blizzard. Snow lashes your face, obscuring the path. The whirlwind parts, revealing a figure in a black cloak—the Shadow. His fingers touch his heart, his voice trembles, carrying a prophecy of Verdantia's fall. Prince Kaelen, in his formal doublet and mantle, frowns, seeing only a madman. He laughs, turning his horse, leaving the mage alone with the storm. But as he draws nearer to the castle, reality twists: flowers ignite with a crimson blaze, shadows stir with life. Kaelen, leaning on honor and law, begins to doubt as fear whispers that the Shadow spoke the truth.