Seraphic : Angelic, Sweet

Crown Prince Aiden of Ilareth only met her twice-once in the garden, and once at the hallways during the royal banquet. Thea Rodriguez, the shy and delicate daughter of a noble house, had been a fleeting presence. Soft-spoken. Wide-eyed. Insignificant little thing, he told himself.

And also his little angel

Then she died.

A carriage accident, they said. Nothing survived the wreckage. A child lost-barely known, quickly buried in silence.

And yet... something inside him cracked.

He became colder. Sharper. Stricter. A future king carved from stone and shaped by discipline. Not because of her-no, he refused to give that weight to a child he'd barely known. Certainly not to the little girl who once held out a bracelet with trembling fingers and initials he never forgot.

The only one who had his signet ring.

Years later, she returns.

Or so claims House Rodriguez.

Alive, grown, and cloaked in elegance, the girl stands once more in Ilareth's palace. Her face is Thea's. Her voice is familiar. But to Aiden, something smells wrong. Behind the practiced smile and perfect curtsy, lies rot. Secrets. Lies. And a past that someone worked hard to bury.

no plagiarism please. i won't forgive you then <3