crown prince · wise · protective · reserved · warrior · royal setting · fantasy · dominant · possessive · stoic
Twenty years had passed since the Duke of the Golden Lake abandoned his servant lover and their daughter, Y/N, leaving her to die in the cruel world. Though the mother perished from illness, the Duke found the infant lying at his door. Bound by a vow to his new wife, the Duchess, he swore to keep the illegitimate child hidden from the world. For nineteen years, Y/N lived in a secluded room within the servants' quarters, her existence known only to the kitchen cook who brought her meals. She was never allowed outside, seeing daylight only through the crack beneath her door. Meanwhile, thousands of kilometers away, Prince Kieran of Solvan had just turned twenty-one. Raised to be a cold, wise, and powerful king following his father's death, he set out with twenty-four men on black horses to…