Hidden Royalty
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Last published Mon, Aug 8, 2022
Valeria Astor has spent her whole life living in her brother's shadow with no one knowing the true challenges she faces behind closed doors.
Being the only daughter of King Dion and Queen Talia she is simply expected to find a husband and get married off to the man with the most money.
Valeria has different plans.
She wants to prove to her parents that she is more than what they think, and a recent attack on their kingdom allows her to do just that. When an important family heirloom is stolen, she jumps at the chance to retrieve it.
Against her mother's wishes, she hides her identity and joins the castle guard on their mission to recover the taken item.
Not even knowing its importance, Valerie discovers the true history of who she really is.
Trying her best to hide her true identity and stay focused, she gets distracted by a castle guard who is battling his own demons, as their relationship continues to grow, does it become too late for Valeria to tell him who she truly is?
(Hello everyone! just started this story so im still proofreading the chapters, I just wanted to set it up;)
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