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?

---------------------------

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?

---
* 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 clenched my jaw as the guard tightened the bandage around my shoulder.

"Sorry, Captain! Is it too tight?" he asked uneasily. He was the guard who had shot me in the back. To apologize, he insisted on treating my wound.

"No. Thank you." I stood up from the crate I was sitting on and hid a wince as I flexed and lifted my arm to try to get used to the sensation of swinging a sword despite the pain in my back.

It wasn't that bad. I'd been through worse. I could still fight.

I recalled Lena's worried face before I left her in the courtyard. We only talked briefly. I wanted to say more to her, but I had to keep my distance for now.

Fate had constantly pulled us back to the kingdom, and I finally realized that if we couldn't escape it, maybe we should stop fighting it. I wasn't planning on giving her up. Hell no.

But I would do my best to prove my worth to her father. Maybe, in time, he would learn to accept me.

GET THERE ON TIME