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

On the harsh winter night, the deserted streets of the town of Ephemere had an eerie feel to them. It was dark, apart from tiny square glows from the frosted windows of houses and shops along the streets.

No one in their right mind would be caught outdoors. People huddled inside the warmth of their homes, turning in early to sleep away the cold night and await the scant rise in temperature daylight would bring.

No alarms have been sounded yet. But the bodies of the unconscious guards we'd left in the palace could be discovered any minute now, and it wouldn't take long for my disappearance to be discovered.

My anxiety swelled when the main gates loomed in the distance, and my grip tightened on Elliot's cloak. "Pull down your hood and keep your head down. Pretend to be asleep," Elliot told me. "We'll be fine, Your Highness."

TEMPORARY REFUGE