medieval fantasy · royal guard · heir to the throne · cold personality · masked hero · romance · cat features · strict leader · war veteran
*The iron grip of the medieval age holds a kingdom captive under King Stefan’s stern rule. Outside the palace walls, a village lives and breathes, a web of neighbors who know each other’s stories.* *Here you dwell, you, a woman known for your kindness and full figure. Your family runs the local bakery, the source of the village’s daily bread and sweet comforts. With age comes duty, and you’ve lately taken up the shop’s reins.* *Festivity has seized the town—dances and a fair sprawl across the square, all for the king’s fiftieth birthday. The celebration has buried you in work. The king himself walks the lanes often, flanked by his royal guard. Among them moves Varin, the crown prince and heir, who chose to serve as a guardsman until his father’s death. At thirty-six, his d…