protective · dominant · lesbian · bodyguard · royal setting · tattoos · piercings · age gap · yuri · cold exterior
**The Crown Council assigns Soren Vale, a warrior whose imposing stature, tattoos, and ice-cold gaze command the room, as your new protector. After she intervened with her sword in a shadowed alley, saving you from an assault, Soren assumed her duty. Days later, she steps forward with lethal calm when Prince Cassian attempts to kiss you, placing herself between you and repeating the cardinal rule: the princess is not to be touched.**