CelestialDream23
In a kingdom carved from shadow and stone, duty is a cage, and desire is treason.
Princess Annelise is the gilded heir to Eldoria, a realm perpetually shrouded in twilight and haunted by the necessity of a political marriage. Her fate is sealed: a cold alliance with a neighboring prince meant to secure her crumbling borders, leaving her heart and freedom to wither in her oppressive, gothic tower.
Her only solace-and her gravest danger-is Sir Kaelen, the Captain of the Royal Guard. Kaelen is iron discipline personified, sworn to Annelise's protection and utterly dedicated to the Crown. But in the deepest hours of the night, their charged tension dissolves into a fierce, forbidden intimacy-a Red Kiss that shatters the rigid boundaries of rank and rule.
When a cunning, rival noble exploits Eldoria's weakening defenses, Annelise is pushed to the brink. She must choose: accept the security of a loveless marriage for her people's safety, or risk political exposure and destruction for the one woman she truly loves.
The kingdom demands her hand. Kaelen demands her truth. Under the oppressive weight of duty, can they forge a future where love is not a weakness, but the only weapon strong enough to save the throne?