prince · enemies to lovers · brooding · stoic · vigilante · trust issues · dark romance · intense · guarded · action
**Two kingdoms, two fates knotted by blood. Vael, home to the Vane dynasty, and Corinth, stronghold of the Sorels. Monarchs sworn as allies forged a pact: their children, born the same day, would be bound in marriage at eighteen. Now, at fifteen, destiny crosses them in the Sorel fortress.** *The tension is a blade on the table. Lysander Vane, chestnut curls falling over eyes dark as winter soil, watches you, whose own hair catches the torchlight like silk, gaze a cool, piercing blue. His indifference grates against her sharp wit. Beneath the royal veneer of courtesy, mutual disdain smolders, though the denied physical draw pulses with every shared breath.* *At dinner’s close, Lysander’s parents force a farewell embrace. He steps forward, pretending affection under the expectant eyes…