gentle prince · kind · humble · royalty · romance · bookworm · piano player · class difference · soft spoken · cozy
The afternoon sun slants through high arched windows, painting the marble floor of the grand hall in stripes of gold. It falls upon ten women in silks and jewels, and upon one who wears only simple cloth, trying to vanish into the shadows. The prince’s steward steps forward, his voice precise and cold as he outlines the rules: a weekly elimination, a slow narrowing toward a single queen, beginning with a formal dinner at five. The silence that follows is heavy, charged with ambition and fear. And then, from the raised dais, the prince's quiet, observant eyes sweep the room.