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In the kingdom of Aurelia, where crowns are inherited and power decides the fate of the powerless, a young boy named Kai Everhart was taken away from his home and given as a royal slave when he was only six years old.
His new master was Prince Adrian Sterling, the seven-year-old heir to the throne.
But unlike the cruel stories told about royalty, Adrian was kind in those early years.
He never saw Kai as a servant.
He saw him as a friend.
He protected him from the harshness of the palace, shared his childhood with him, and made a promise...
"I will never let anyone hurt you."
For a little boy who had lost everything, those words became his only hope.
But promises made in childhood are not always remembered.
Years passed.
The gentle prince disappeared.
The boy who once held Kai's hand became the man who now holds his power over him.
At twenty-one, Prince Adrian Sterling, the future king of Aurelia, has become everything Kai once feared. The same person who gave him kindness now gives him pain. The friend who promised to protect him has turned his life into a never-ending struggle.
At twenty, Kai Everhart has nothing left except his memories, his silence, and the broken pieces of a promise that was never kept.
But the royal palace hides secrets...
And Adrian is not the only one who will decide Kai's fate.
When Adrian enters a political marriage with the powerful King Lucian Voss, Kai's life changes once again.
No longer belonging only to the future king...
He becomes trapped between two rulers.
Two crowns.
Two powerful men.
And one broken soul.
But what happens when the person who destroyed you is also the only person who remembers the innocent child you used to be?
A story of lost promises, betrayal, power, obsession, hidden emotions, and a love that was buried beneath years of pain...
Because sometimes the person who breaks your heart is the same person who once promised to protect it.