I looked at him and, in that moment, I felt my heart break. Memories began flashing through my mind - the first day I met him, the distrust between the two of us in the beginning, the day things changed between us, the laughs we shared, the anger we dealt with, the first time he kissed me, the day I told him the truth about who I was, the time he held me so tightly and promised to never let go - I thought about all of it as I fell to my knees. He was not the same man now that he had been in my memories. No, he was a stranger, taking the last bit of my happiness with him. He used me to get what they wanted, and I had let him. Why? Because I believed that our love had been true.
You'd think that being a Princess would mean I would be prepared for any battle that came my way. However, I knew this was one I wouldn't be able handle.
I'm getting ahead of myself here, though. Let me go back to the very beginning. Eighteen years ago, in a beautiful kingdom, a little girl was born...
As Claire aims to leave her oppressive stepfamily behind, she befriends Zion. Will he be her ticket to freedom or a distraction in achieving her dreams?
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Claire Olsen has had a crush on Zion Petrakis since the first time she laid eyes on him, but he never noticed, instead only having eyes on the school's it girl, Maddie Jennings. Knowing she couldn't compete with Maddie, Claire hid her feelings for Zion, satisfied with admiring him from afar. However, when a series of events led Claire closer to Zion, her feelings for him grew from infatuation to love. And despite fighting hard to keep her feelings contained by distancing herself from Zion, he was determined to show her that he's earned a spot in her life.
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