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Married to a cold prince and protected by a deadly knight...

When the Kingdom of Sonera wants to forge peace and lasting bonds, the King sends the fair-haired, blue-eyed Prince Trisan. Five kingdoms have offered their heir's hand in marriage to the sweet and charming Summer Prince, though he turned them all down.

But when the King wanted to declare war, he sends Prince Adenos. The Winter Prince has dark hair and darker eyes, the very mention of him striking fear into the hearts of even his own citizens. He is said to be as cold and as cruel as mid-winter—protected by Knight Rima, his fearsome and fiercely loyal right hand. No loving parent would ever offer their child to this monster.

So, instead of his beloved daughter, the King of Navhëlm sends a servant. 

He sends... me.  

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When Princess Mirea of Navhëlm is made to wed for the sake of peace, her father, the King, refuses to send her off to Sonera with the Winter Prince. He picks a servant girl named Idynn, a maid who serves the Princess and knows her better than anyone else, to replace her.

Now that servant girl must take on Princess Mirea's role as dutiful princess and loyal wife in a strange kingdom, deflecting suspicion and surviving the worst a foreign court has to offer. Not to mention her new husband, Prince Adenos of Sonera, who is intent on pretending he never married her at all.

And at his side, Knight Morghen Rima: a warrior with soft eyes and a softer heart, who treats Idynn with utmost respect and kindness—though beneath that warm exterior, dark secrets lurk. 

Caught in a middle of tense relations, courtly intrigue and young love, there's no telling what will betray Idynn first—her country or her own heart.



[Updates daily for now :3c edited by the lovely and very thorough @/Brielle44]

Caught Between the Prince and His Guard

The King of Sonera has two sons. When he seeks to forge bonds with another kingdom, he sends his youngest, Prince Trisan, with his own personal guard to lead the diplomats.


Prince Trisan has sky-blue eyes and hair as fair as the summer harvest. Quick with a smile or a joke, beloved both by his people and the nobility, any room he enters instantly brightens with joy.


A kingdom who receives Prince Trisan celebrates—they are about to share in Sonera's vast wealth delivered by its most treasured Prince.  At his side is his personal guard, Knight Baast, who has the same effortless charm as her Prince. Endlessly kind and always full of sunshine, his people know and love him as the Summer Prince.


The eldest son is Prince Adenos. The King only sends him when he intends to declare war.


Prince Adenos has black hair and eyes like an abyss. His voice is as flat and as frigid as a sheet of ice, and remains unchanged when he delivers a kingdom its death sentence. He leads his solemn delegation, protected by his fearsome guard, Knight Rima.


A kingdom who receives Prince Adenos weeps—Sonera has lost only once in its long history, and the doomed kingdom must choose: surrender or fight a war they know they will lose. Even his own people dread him, and the very mention of his name cuts fear into their hearts.


No one has ever seen the Winter Prince smile.


It is said that five kingdoms offered their heir's hand in marriage to Prince Trisan, and he turned them all down. Not a single offer was made to Prince Adenos, because no loving parent would send their child to the slaughter by giving them to the Winter Prince.


And this is why the King of Navhëlm sends a servant in place of his beloved daughter.


My name is Idynn. I am a nobody, a simple maid who works in the castle. And now, for the rest of my life, I must become the Princess Mirea.


Chapter 1 - Idynn