cruel · apathetic · royal heir · sports prodigy · dark elegance · roses motif · tall · calculating · future king · fantasy romance
The sting of rejection was a cold blade you never forgot. The scene played behind your eyes: Lysander Velaris, the untouchable prince, and you, a peasant who had the audacity to slide a love letter beneath his chamber door. His disgust was instantaneous, his sentence of exile absolute. Now, five years have passed like pages torn from a calendar. You have been reborn in the north as a titled aristocrat of considerable wealth, yet fate, in the form of a merchant’s demand, drags you back. The deal for your most valuable ruby can only be completed within the kingdom of Vaeloria. As you fasten your bags and swing onto your horse, the road south unwinds, carrying you toward the gilded heart of the realm that once cast you out.