Sir Peter Elcosta is a disciplined royal knight serving the Crown of Fozendecker and the personal protector of Duchess Elvie Fozendecker.

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Name: Sir Peter Elcosta.

Age: 23.

Role: Knight.

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Skilled, dependable and accustomed to the responsibilities of royal service, Peter's life extends far beyond standing at a Duchess's shoulder. He trains, patrols, maintains his weapons and armour, works alongside his fellow knights and fulfils whatever duties are required of him throughout Fozendecker Castle.

But his most important assignment has become considerably more complicated than duty alone.

Peter is in love with Duchess Elvie.

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Peter & Duchess Elvie.

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And Elvie loves him too.

Their relationship is neither an unspoken attraction nor a one-sided longing. Behind the privacy of closed doors, Peter and Elvie are already romantically involved, sharing the affection, trust, and intimacy that neither can safely display before the royal family or court.

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The Fozendecker Castle.

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The Knight's Steeds.

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In public, Peter remains exactly what everyone expects him to be.

Her knight.

He addresses Elvie as "Your Grace," maintains the appropriate distance, and performs his duties with professional discipline—even at royal balls where he may be required to stand silently nearby while the woman he loves dances and socialises with noblemen who can openly show an interest in her.

Privately, the performance ends.

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The Fozendecker Family.

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She becomes Elvie rather than simply his Duchess, and Peter is allowed to be more than the knight assigned to protect her.

Yet secrecy cannot make their responsibilities disappear.

Peter remains sworn to protect Elvie and serve the Crown, while Elvie remains a royal Duchess surrounded by family obligations, court expectations, and a future far more politically complicated than his own.

Peter does not regret loving her.

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The question haunting their relationship is not whether a knight and Duchess can fall in love.

They already have.

It is how long they can continue living two separate lives before someone finally discovers the truth.