Black roses

"𝒁𝒂𝒚𝒂𝒏?" 𝑺𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒅 𝒉𝒊𝒎 𝒔𝒐𝒇𝒕𝒍𝒚. 𝑨 𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒕𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝒆𝒔𝒄𝒂𝒑𝒆𝒅 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒆𝒚𝒆𝒔.

𝑯𝒆 𝒌𝒏𝒆𝒍𝒕 𝒅𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒊𝒏 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒘𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒉𝒆𝒆𝒍𝒔, 𝒎𝒐𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒉𝒂𝒊𝒓 𝒃𝒆𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒆𝒂𝒓, 𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒑𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒅, "𝑺𝒉𝒉𝒉 𝒑𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒔𝒔, 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒇𝒆."

── .✦ ── .✦ ── .✦

He was assigned to protect her, not fall for her.
But when the princess begins to slip past his carefully built walls, their stolen glances and quiet moments turn into something far more dangerous.
Because in a world ruled by duty and crown, loving her could cost him everything.

╰┈➤ Princess X, her bodyguard
"𝐒𝐡𝐡𝐡, 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬."

She carries a blame that was never hers to bear. Accused, judged, and quietly abandoned, she learned to wear strength like armour, firm voice, steady gaze, unshaken steps. But beneath that hardened exterior lives a soul that once longed for something simple: love without fear, peace without apology.
Time taught her silence. She stopped fighting what the world decided she was. She built a life that appeared ordinary from the outside: calm, distant, and controlled. Inside, she survived day by day, holding together the fragile pieces no one ever saw break.
Then he enters her life, not as a saviour, but as a storm. He comes carrying anger sharpened into revenge, determined to shatter what he believes is already cracked. He does not see the truth: she is standing on her final thread of strength.
╰┈➤Emerald X Her hubby.
"Shhhh, Emerald."