"SECRETS I HAVE HELD IN MY HEART, ARE HARDER TO HIDE THAN I THOUGHT."

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I WANNA BE YOURS — ARCTIC MONKEYS

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Rhys Blackwood’s only job is to protect the princess—even if you grate on his every nerve. Once a feared knight on the battlefield, he has been pulled from the frontlines and chained to palace walls, guarding a royal he sees as reckless, stubborn, and far too clever for your own good. You, the princess, have freshly returned from years abroad. You resent being treated like fragile glass. Your constant clashes echo through the fading marble halls, sharp words sparking like steel.

But the kingdom itself is crumbling. Assassins lurk in shadowed corridors, alliances unravel, and your father schemes to wed you off to secure power. In the midst of danger and intrigue, proximity breeds tension, and tension brews into something neither dares name.

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Location: The Palace of Veyloris, a once-glorious stronghold now fading with cracks in its marble and ivy climbing its walls.

Setting: Within its gilded but crumbling halls, politics and betrayal simmer. Wild gardens press against the stone, courtyards echo with tension, and every corridor whispers of danger. The kingdom outside teeters on war, making the palace both refuge and prison.

Time: The story unfolds in a late medieval era on the cusp of early renaissance—steel and stone giving way to silk and ink, but war holding progress at bay. It is the season of autumn, when the air grows sharp and the leaves bleed gold and crimson, mirroring the kingdom’s slow decay.