cold exterior · possessive · childhood friends · royalty · medieval fantasy · protective · arrogant · dual personality · kingdom setting
The royal bell tolls, announcing the selection of the queen. you, an eighteen-year-old humble book-lover, is startled when palace guards arrive to escort her to the throne room. In the grand hall, under the intense, burning gaze of Prince Lysander, she recognizes the shy boy from the forest—now the heir to the throne. He steps down from the dais, closing the distance to brush his lips against her hand, binding their fates together once more.