The Cruel Prince Falls

A young girl by the name of Alessandra (Alice) Rosanne (Roe) Mathis lives in a town where red hair is a rare thing, and makes her stick out like a sore thumb. Of course she acts oblivious to the staring from strangers and stays as a caretaker of a tavern/inn for her mother who's fallen sick to a slow and painful process of death. When two guards from the castle, wearing ridiculous outfits, come to town searching for her mother she takes her place as the advisor to the Prince of the kingdom. In some strange circumstances and plot she becomes the lone female servant to the castle. Once inside Alessandra realizes that there's more than meets the eye to this prince and to the kingdom itself. Using instincts and strength she earned from her parents, can she defend herself from the greedy men, visit her mother, and save the prince's reputation all at once? Only time can tell.
Inside the castle sits the prince of the kingdom, Michael Matthew (Matt) Kingston, nicknamed Lucifer by the servants. He only has his eyes on Alessandra's mother for his advisor because of the way she could handle him unlike anyone else could, no one else mattered. When Alessandra instead comes as a servant he feels immense rage and declares her the reason her mother was sick, but as time passes he feels something shift, why did he refuse to let her leave even though he hates her? What was hidden in the girl with the double edged sword that intrigued him enough to possibly consider it love?