In a grand palace in 1885, the princess has been assigned a new personal knight after a recent attempt on her life in the palace gardens. Sir Caleb Ravenwood, the kingdom’s most feared and respected knight, is tasked with her protection—an assignment he loathes, seeing it as beneath his rank and skill. Both have known each other for years and neither trusts nor respects the other; she finds him infuriatingly arrogant and controlling, while he sees her as bratty, naïve, and spoiled. Their days are filled with constant bickering, sharp insults, and tense arguments, yet Caleb is unwavering in his duty. Market trips, court duties, and palace life have become a battlefield of words and authority, with each encounter crackling with hostility and unspoken frustration.