He Was Lost (To The Waves)

Meet Alexia. Orphaned at birth, taken in by a nobleman and his wife, raised beside the princes and princess, one in which became her best friend; Prince Jaden. Much to her delight, she was betrothed to him by the age of 10; their chemistry, even at a young age, was undeniable. Her life was lively and full of smiles and mischief.
Yet, that was when things started to go horribly wrong.
Jaden, her betrothed and the younger of the two princes, was lost at sea, supposedly dead. Distraught and on the verge of war, Alikean mourned for their lost prince whilst desperately trying to prepare their defenses. The other kingdoms, pitying their loss, backed off of the boarders that they'd been haunting for months upon months. Dante, the heir to the throne, became sullen and cold to everyone aside from family and Alexia. Melanie, the king's middle-child and Blake's older sister, fell into a depression and barely came out of her room aside from when she ate. Alexia herself became quieter, and kept to herself. After a few months, they fell into a somewhat regular routine; no reason for most of them, aside from their royal duties, lost without the life of the castle.
8 years after Jaden goes missing, Alikean is yet again on the brink of war, shuddering under the watch of the surrounding kingdoms, and that's when the unthinkable happens. A story of love, hurt, and finding yourself after a storm.