The kings Enforcer (Fan-made powerless references)

In the kingdom of Valerius, mercy is a weakness and defiance is a death sentence.

Payden, the daughter of the realm's greatest fallen hero, is captured after a desperate act of theft. Expected to be executed at dawn, she instead finds herself thrown into the royal dungeons - and into the path of Kai Azer, the Prince and feared Enforcer. Cold, ruthless, and bound only by duty, Kai is the man who breaks spirits before they ever leave their cells.
When Payden refuses to beg, refuses to break, and refuses to let an innocent stranger suffer for her mistakes, she draws his attention - and his wrath. But as Kai begins to see the courage and fire beneath her fear, he makes a choice no one expected: to spare her life, not out of kindness, but because he believes she can be useful.

Trapped between the walls of a gilded prison inside the castle itself, haunted by guilt, pain, and the ghost of the father who taught her to protect others, Payden must learn the cruelest lesson of all: in a world ruled by power, emotion is a liability, and every choice comes with a price.

What begins as a struggle for survival soon becomes a battle of wills - between a girl who refuses to lose her heart, and a prince who has buried his own long ago.