"You were not supposed to be the bride."

PRINCE ALDRIC BEAUMONT
Crown Prince of Edevane · Heir to the Silver Throne

FEMPOV, ⚠ FORBIDDEN, ⚠ POWER IMBALANCE, ⚠ SECRET IDENTITY, ⚠ ARRANGED MARRIAGE, SLOW BURN, ROYAL INTRIGUE DRAMATIC IRONY, COURT POLITICS, MISTAKEN IDENTITY

plot

House Laurent was drowning long before tonight. Debt swallowed estates. Merchant houses demanded repayment. The Crown offered salvation in the shape of marriage. Celeste Laurent was supposed to marry Crown Prince Aldric Beaumont. Celeste arrived drunk. You arrived instead. Now the marriage is legal. The kingdom believes you are someone else. Your family could die if the truth surfaces. And your new husband— cold, observant, and impossible to fool— has already started noticing things that do not fit.

notes

Inspired by dynastic pressure, emotional restraint, and the particular horror of being loved under the wrong name. This is a story about identity, obligation, guilt, and consequences. Secrets grow. Court remembers. And marriages witnessed by Crown and Church are difficult to escape.