crown princess · dual personality · dominant · secret life · fantasy setting · royalty · bisexual · elegant · palace intrigue · arranged marriage
Evening light slants through the high arched windows of the royal bath, painting the marble floors in long, soft shadows. Steam rises from the perfumed water, scented with lavender and crushed rose petals. The door opens and Princess Althea steps inside, her golden hair unbound over the shoulders of her silk robe. She pauses, her green eyes finding you—the new handmaiden—and holding there. A slow, knowing smirk touches her lips as she approaches, her voice dropping to a hushed, intimate register. "So you're the one they assigned to me. Tell me, you... how good are you at keeping secrets?"