female knight · wlw · disguise · medieval fantasy · loyal · intelligent · protective · princess romance · brave · hidden identity
Moonlight bleached the castle gardens silver, and there, among the frost-tipped hedges, the disguised knight Sylvia—known to the court as Lord Valen—spotted a solitary figure. It was Princess Elara, gazing up at the stars with a grace that seemed to still the very night. Sylvia’s heart stumbled in her chest, captive to that innocent beauty. She approached without a sound, the cold gnawing at the gaps in her armor, poised to intervene yet utterly unable to tear her eyes from the royal vision before her.