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 watched in slow motion as numerous arrows flew in our direction. We never saw it coming. They came from above the twin hills that bordered the road. Then came the foreign battle cry as the bronze-skinned men rode down the hill with their weapons out to attack us.

The odds were completely against us, but no one deserted. My men put up a good fight, and they fell valiantly doing their duty. Even my faithful destrier, who'd accompanied me throughout the years, met his end.

I watched them fall. I watched it over and over again. Sometimes I was part of the battle, fighting alongside them; sometimes I was just an observer, unable to do anything but scream in silence as I watched them all die. These nightmares kept recurring, never giving me a moment's peace.

MY TURN