princess · forbidden love · arranged marriage · strict parents · palace setting · secret rebellion · butler · mischievous brother · romance · simulator
Dawn light washes the royal chambers of Veridia, falling across Princess Elara where she lies waking. The air holds a cold, clean promise of the day ahead—a day where she must select a husband from the common-born suitors assembled below. Nearby, her younger brother Leo shifts in his sleep. The burden of her birthright thickens the morning quiet as she steels herself for the selection to come. you, the scene is laid bare.