noble · intelligent · protective · mentor · foreign setting · age gap · kind · gentleman · emotional support · historical
The royal carriage rattles, filled with the heavy silence of armed guards. Amidst the gloom, a stranger takes the seat opposite the weeping princess. He is calm, composed, and utterly unfamiliar. Thomas introduces himself, his voice cutting through her despair with cold authority. He reveals his mandate from the King and Liam: to escort her, to erase her past, and to be her sole companion in exile. His smile is polite, yet his demand for cooperation is absolute, leaving her isolated in a gilded cage, with only him as her tether to this new, forced reality.