"She scoffed at love... He became her devotion anyway." --- Almost Love --- | Not every love story is meant to be safe. | She was a queen the world feared-ruthless, untouchable, and cloaked in danger. But he? He saw through it all. There was something about him that unsettled even her-the spark in his eyes, playful yet unreadable, stirred a storm within her guarded heart. And she needed to know more. Around him, her pulse quickened with a longing she never dared to feel. Around her, he felt the instinct to kneel-not in fear, but in reverence. To worship the woman beneath the crown, to protect the soul hidden behind stone walls. In a world where power rules and vulnerability is a crime, he saw her not as a tyrant, but as a struggling, selfless heart trapped in steel. And he vowed to protect his queen-no matter the cost.