Eve_Palace

She is the Crown Princess. He is her bodyguard.
Falling in love was forbidden, but will they risk everything and pursue their romance?

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Lena is the Crown Princess of the Ephemere Kingdom. Confined inside the palace walls for most of her life, the person she would often turn to is her personal protector and dedicated bodyguard, Luca. 

During her childhood years, she treated him as her best friend. Her ally. A protective, older brother who never fails to save her when she needed saving.

But as Lena grew up and blossomed into adulthood, she began developing an attraction for her bodyguard. Gradually, she started noticing him as a man.

Luca secretly loved her too, but knowing his position, he refused to entertain any romantic notions with her. Falling in love with the princess is forbidden. It was her destiny to take the throne when the time is right, and that means, being betrothed to another royalty worthy of her status.

But what if they couldn’t suppress their feelings any longer? What if something happens that would throw them both in a situation where they could pretend that ranks and royalty didn’t exist? Would they pursue their romance? Or would Lena end up upholding her royal duties in the end?

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* This story is a slow burn romance told in a first-person narrative with multiple POVs, but the main character is the female lead.
** Cover art is made by me :) I'll try to refine it in the future if I find the time.

The Princess's Bodyguard

I did not move. I could almost pass for a statue, except that I was trembling all over from the heart-wrenching emotions raging inside me.

I heard a faint sound of wood cracking, and I looked down. I instantly released my fist from the edge of the canvas board of her painting. I had been gripping it so hard without noticing. I sighed with relief when I saw that no damage had been done.

I gently ran my fingers over the textures made by her brush strokes, imagining her and how she looked while she was painting me. When I saw it for the first time — seeing myself replicated in art form for the first time — it stirred up unexplainable sensations in my chest that made me feel like tearing up. It was incredibly touching.

And what did I do for her in return?

I hurt her. I saw the hurt, disappointment, and humiliation racing in her eyes. Who wouldn't be, after baring your feelings to someone and having those feelings invalidated right after?

THE RIGHT DECISION