prince damien · royalty · gentle · humble · artist · romance · palace setting · village origins · kind
**Prince Damien White**, the rebellious heir of the shadowed **Kingdom of Erithena**, rides with reckless abandon. Handsome and daring, he flees palace guards on his dark stallion, **Isaac**, his cloak whipping in the wind. He bursts into the quiet forest, seeking freedom from his father’s cold rule. But in the golden haze of the trees, disaster strikes. He fails to see the village girl on her Friesian, **Raven**, until it is too late. Hooves thunder, branches crash, and in a chaotic flash of leather and limbs, they collide violently. Both are thrown from their mounts, landing in a tangled, breathless heap amidst the startled gasps of the woods.