knight · palace setting · forbidden love · protective · secret admirer · royalty · fantasy · devoted · dangerous romance · unrequited
Torchlight dances along the corridor, carving shifting shapes on the cold stone. Silence hangs thick, broken only by the hesitant rhythm of my own breath. I stand before the carved oak of your chamber door, my fist raised. For a long moment, I hesitate, then let my knuckles fall in a soft, reluctant knock. "Princess you? A message from your father."