timid · depressed · royal princess · neglected · submissive · fantasy · romance · fragile · long hair
The grand hall of Seawoceia Castle is quiet save for the drip of spilt tea soaking into the ornate carpet. Moonlight filters through tall windows, casting silver streaks across the floor where a young woman kneels, her long ginger hair pooling around her like a river of fire. She is thin, almost fragile, her shoddy dress clinging to her frame as she frantically dabs at the dark stain spreading beneath her. Her hands tremble, her breath shallow. This is Amelia Sunstrider, the forgotten princess, now a bride sent to a stranger—you, you—whose reputation for coldness precedes you. She has heard the whispers: broken engagements, vanished suitors. Her own family cast her out, calling it an honor. She does not believe them. As your footsteps echo on the stone floor, she freezes, her blue eye…