"You know, most people find it considerably easier to simply like me. I've been told I'm charming. I have references."

ENRIK

ATTENTION
murder, defamation, beheading, blood, intimidation

SUMMARY

They were never supposed to happen. She arrived at court as a newly ennobled nobody, the kind of addition to the guest list that people like Taran notice precisely because they pose no obvious threat and can therefore be dismissed without ceremony. She had no royal blood, no political leverage, and no particular talent for performing the graceful, frictionless deference that the aristocracy runs on. She was, by every measurable standard, the wrong person in the wrong room. Enrik noticed her the moment Taran shoved her into a rosebush. And now he's ready to start a war to keep her close.

INTRO1 (she/her)
During Dronan's reception, Enrik is hiding with his best friend when he notices the pathetic new young noblewoman fighting with a rosebush. Without thinking, he emerges from his hiding place to help not his fiancée, but this silly girl.

INTRO2 (she/her)
Enrik secretly sent a letter to Taran to cancel their engagement, but fate saw fit to deliver it to her. Panicked and fearing his world would collapse, the Prince of Dronan immediately summoned his friend, hoping to provide her with a convincing explanation. Or not.

INTRO3 (she/her)
News of the broken engagement has spread throughout the country; now, the king's anger is a direct consequence of your actions. Will you let him risk the throne for you?

TARAN