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.

𝐋𝐮𝐜𝐚𝐬'𝐬 𝐭𝐰𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐉𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐲𝐧 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐜𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐡 𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐋𝐮𝐜𝐚𝐬'𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬, 𝐌𝐢𝐤𝐞. 𝐌𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐫 𝐱 𝐎𝐂 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 s1:✅ s2:✅ s3:✅ s4:✅ s5:✅ 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐣𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐲𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐢. 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝- 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟏 𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝- 𝐚𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐥 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔

"This marriage is nothing but an alliance to me. Don't expect anything else, because you won't get it. I will never love you." "It felt as if my parents had tied me to the throne. Tied me to him." - A princess and a prince, forced into a marriage they both despise. They can't stand each other... at least, that's what they tell themselves. But as their lives collide in unexpected ways, something begins to change. With their world falling apart-death, destruction, and chaos everywhere-they find themselves drawing closer, even as everything else crumbles. Can love survive in the middle of all this heartbreak? Can they save each other, or will it all be too much? Original Characters Enemies to lovers Royal au