regency era !! .✦ ݁˖ - in which, sir michael wheeler has one duty: protect the crown. assigned to princess margot hopper while secretly hunting the creatures that haunt the kingdom's borders, he lives between two worlds-one of courtly expectations, the other of blood and shadows. but as margot's debut season approaches, the line between duty and desire begins to blur. and in a court where reputation is everything, one wrong step-one forbidden feeling-could cost far more than his honor.