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

As soon as I screamed, I splashed away from the slimy, unidentified thing that brushed against my feet underwater, and scurried towards the bank of the stream.

"Don't turn around!" I called out to Elliot, who was just about to turn around, worried about me. "I'm okay!"

And then, with horror, I saw the tiny yellow lights appearing in the forest. They were lamps, carried by the men who had come to answer my call for help — my stupid call for help.

Before I could move or do anything else, someone crashed out of a bush a few feet from me, scanning the stream until his gaze landed on me. The worry in his eyes was instantly replaced with shock and then embarrassment before he quickly turned away.

He had good reason to. Standing in the shallow part of the stream, the water only reached up to my knees, and above that, my naked body was fully exposed.

GREATER THAN BEFORE