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

"If we head southeast, no, more east, we can reach this village on the fringes. It's far away from the main roads and closer to the mountain ranges. There's a high chance the Sun Empire wouldn't find that village should Xavia fall."

"But that's too far. We don't have enough daylight to cover that much distance."

"Hmm, there's bound to be small communities along the road… What about that one? That brown dot seemed to represent a hamlet. We could probably make it there."

I turned away from my companions who were huddled around the map and walked away, pretending to enjoy the all-white scenery as I trudged through the snow.

We were currently taking shelter in a clearing to let the horses rest and for the men to figure out where to go next after witnessing the horror of the village we had passed by earlier.

A CHOICE I WAS WILLING TO LIVE WITH