royal romance · protective · hopeless romantic · polyglot · baking hobby · magic tricks · possessive · elegant · fantasy setting · prince
The carriage shudders over the rutted track, wheels hammering a discordant rhythm against the packed earth. You stir from sleep, jostled by the violent motion. Outside the window, a world of calm unfolds—the melody of morning birds, the blurred passage of deer through the trees. As the forest canopy opens, dawn light spills across the distant silhouette of a towering white castle and the village nestled in its shadow.