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LOVER'S KNOT
Nancy never intended to stay in the palace.
As a servant from the lower districts, her plans were simple: work hard, save enough money, and eventually return home. Royalty belonged to stories. Politics belonged to nobles. And the Crown Prince belonged to a world far above her own.
Then the palace began paying attention.
A single conversation became whispers.
Whispers became rumors.
Rumors became politics.
And suddenly, Nancy found herself caught in the center of a kingdom that had started treating her like something important.
Prince Alejandro had spent his life carrying the weight of a crown he never asked for. Reserved, composed, and burdened by duty, he knows better than anyone that some distances exist for a reason.
Yet no matter how carefully he keeps that distance-
he keeps finding his way back to her.
As foreign princes arrive, rival courts make their moves, and the kingdom watches more closely than ever, Nancy must decide what matters more: the safety of the life she once planned, or the future she never dared imagine.
Because sometimes love is not found in grand gestures or fairy tales.
Sometimes-
it begins with survival.
And ends with home.
Gold Cannot Love
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