Courtintrigue Stories

❝He has the scent of a dragon.❞ In the remote Ryusan Mountains, Hajoon lives peacefully among his clan until the Emperor's fear sparks a quiet massacre. His village is burned, his people slaughtered, and Ha-joon is left with nothing but vengeance. He swears to awaken the dragons of legend and bring ruin to the Eunwol Empire. Disguised as a loyal contender in a brutal competition, Hajoon claws his way into the palace as the personal guard to the enigmatic Prince Seoyul. But as secrets unfold and loyalties blur, Hajoon's mission grows dangerously complicated. Meanwhile deep beneath the earth, the dragons stir. And when they wake, no throne will be safe. Updates weekly.⋆.˚ ᡣ𐭩 .𖥔˚

Lady Ophelia Rosenberg is the daughter of a ruthless general, raised to marry for duty - not desire. One forbidden dance with the king's bastard son ignites scandal. One stolen kiss with the crown prince shatters every rule. In a court where reputation is everything, Ophelia must choose: the man who feels like home... or the prince her heart cannot deny.

In the Kingdom of Avi, power is fragile-and love is forbidden. Princess Rielle, firstborn of the most powerful kingdom of the Six, stands at the center of rising war, political betrayal, and a court that questions her right to rule. As rival kingdoms demand control of the trade routes and famine spreads through the land, every choice she makes could ignite conflict. At her side is Walter, her sworn knight and personal guard-loyal, disciplined, and dangerously close. Bound by duty and watched by the court, their unspoken bond threatens to become her greatest weakness. In a world where alliances matter more than hearts, one mistake could cost her the throne-or her life.

Part 1: In the late-industrial city of Hollencrown, Jonah Kinley-a 16-year-old sword prodigy tied to the Royal Hand-falls for Mallory, a poor but fierce-hearted girl hired to help at his estate. Their bond grows through small, luminous moments. They must deal with the prejudices of the upper class as the ball draws near. Part 2: Two years after Raremeer, Jonah is sent behind enemy lines with the unreadable Cadeis while Mallory holds the home front-love meets rain and steel under a king's war for "unity." This is just a first draft so do with that as you will. Also, this may sound stupid but thank you to everyone who has viewed my story. I appreciate you all so much!

When new bank teller Ursula stumbles upon a forbidden door at work, she unlocks more than curiosity-she releases a shimmering, antlered fey prince named August, hidden away from a world brimming with enchantment and danger. Swept into a realm where names hold power, beauty can kill, and magic seeps through the cracks of reality, Ursula must navigate the growing bond between her and August while evading threats that blur the line between wonder and nightmare. But the deeper she falls, the harder it is to tell what's real. Longing wears a hundred masks, and in a world rewritten by magic and memory, even her reflection begins to lie. + + + Updates Mon, Wed, and Sat at 3:30 pm

She broke an ancient law to save an empire. He grew up to challenge her rule. And a bored goddess is watching it all. When the Emperor dies, the Qi Empire is left with an infant heir and a princess who is forbidden to rule. Defying centuries of tradition, Princess Hua takes the throne as Regent. Her weapon is not a sword, but politics, her shield not armor, but cunning. Eight years later, her brother, the new Emperor, returns from war a hero. But the bond between them is tested by power, love, and the schemes of vicious nobles. And in the shadows, a mysterious woman named Wang Rou observes everything. She has more wealth than the imperial treasury, knows every secret, and holds a power that could unravel reality itself... if she ever got up from her comfortable sofa. A tale of political intrigue, forbidden romance, divine whimsy, and the woman who changed history. --- "Updates every Tuesday and Friday !"

Elemental magic is turning on its wielders. Fire burns its own. Water drowns. Air chokes. Earth crushes. The four kingdoms are unraveling - and they all blame the fifth. While her mother lies in a coma and her father disappears into silence, Princess Anarhia and her court are forced to rule a kingdom that was never meant to exist. The seals are breaking. The Void remembers. And peace was always a lie.

Book One in The Nightlark Series Penelope Whishaw was raised to be gracious. The kingdom wants her to be useful. But something is shifting beneath Balen's polished halls-tightening borders, whispered unrest, and a Crown that's watching her far too closely. Trained with a blade she isn't meant to wield and magic she barely understands, Penelope finds herself caught between duty and desire, power and restraint. When a charming prince sets his sights on her and the man she trusts most keeps pulling away, Penelope must decide whether she'll endure the role chosen for her... or fight to claim her own. +court intrigue +slow-burn tension + quiet magic with sharp steel If she can't stop the storm, she'll learn to ride the wind.

In the sacred forests of Nigeria, the Wolf Tribe has lived in harmony with the elements for centuries, their spirits tied to the land and the shifting of the moon. Amara, the daughter of the Great Chief, is a girl of gentle heart and untapped power, living a life of peace alongside her fierce sister, Alma. But a shadow is stretching across the ocean. Guided by a treacherous prophecy and a double-crossing Oracle, the Golden Moon Dynasty of South Korea seeks a power that can grant immortality. They seek the Healer. On the night of the New Yam Festival, as the moon turns a mystical green and the air is thick with the scent of roasted tubers and celebration, the drums of war will replace the drums of the dance. Chains will clank where beads once rattled. A sister will be lost to the winds. And Amara will find herself a captive in a palace of silk and steel, caught between a prince who wants her heart and a queen who wants her soul.

"I have given you my heart, my soul..." Ji-mina's voice trembled, fragile but burning. Prince Taehyung's eyes were cold. "And I told you-I cannot give you mine." Her breath broke. Silence pressed like chains. "Then why let me dream?" she cried. "Because the dream was yours, not mine." Tears fell-but fire rose. Her heart cracked, yet her spirit refused to bow. She swore in that moment, "One day, Prince... I will make you mine. Even if it destroys me." In the kingdom of Veloria, silence guards the heart more fiercely than swords. Ji-mina, a young court dancer admired for her beauty and grace, carries secrets that could shatter her fragile world. Taehyung, the crown prince bound to duty and shadowed by his father's indifference, hides his longing behind sharp words and quiet restraint. When their worlds collide within the golden halls, tension slowly turns into something dangerous-a bond neither of them can name. Between disguise, unspoken truths, and the weight of a crown, they must decide if love is worth the risk in a court where one misstep could cost everything. ◦•●◉✿CHRYSALIS✿◉●•◦

On a storm-torn night in Castillonia, two daughters are claimed by one family-one born pale and failing, the other a Black infant rescued from the wreckage of a foreign ship. To save their lineage, the D'Arcennes hide the sickly newborn and raise the rescued child, Maelys, as heir. Twenty-two years later, Maelys stands beneath the chandeliers of Solenir's glittering court, chosen as a potential bride for Crown Prince Laurent de Castillon. Their attraction is immediate-intellect, wit, and defiant grace ignite a scandalous spark. But whispers hiss through silk: foreign, unsuitable, impossible. When Elara-the hidden trueborn-arrives in disguise, the court becomes a crucible of rumor and knives. A kidnapping, a great hearing, a kingdom's breath held between truth and ruin. With assassins in shadows and tradition wielded like a blade, Maelys must outplay courtiers who would rather see her vanish than rule. Love, loyalty, and identity wage war beneath painted ceilings. To claim her fate-and a future for her kingdom-Maelys must become more than the girl who was switched. She must become the queen who chooses. ©️ _RelleLebby_ // R. L.

In a kingdom bound by duty and tradition, Mi-ran and Crown Prince Yeong-hyun share a love that must remain hidden. Sent to China, Mi-ran returns years later as a brilliant high advisor, her presence stirring desire, jealousy, and political intrigue throughout the palace. Amid whispered conspiracies, stolen glances, and the weight of crowns and crowns-to-be, their hearts must defy tradition, ambition, and danger to claim the love they've always wanted.

The Mistress of Shadows France, on the eve of revolution. She rose from the gutters of Paris, barefoot and starving, taught early that beauty could be both a curse and a weapon. When Versailles opened its golden gates to her, the court saw only another mistress - a fleeting indulgence for a bored king. They were wrong. Behind silk gowns and whispered endearments, she served another master: the secret revolutionary network determined to end the monarchy. As the king's confidante and lover, she gathered secrets no spy could reach. Maps, names, escape routes - even the hidden refuge of Queen Marie Antoinette herself. History remembers the fall of the crown. It forgets the woman who loosened it. She was never meant to be remembered. She was meant to end an era.

In the Kingdom of Aurelion, marriage is not sacred - it is strategic. Lilith enters royal life armed only with her independence and a sharp awareness of how easily freedom can be taken. Her marriage to Prince Alaric secures the future of the crown, but behind palace doors, it is a union built on silence rather than love. Alaric is a prince shaped by restraint, bound to expectations that leave no room for truth. Together, they perform perfection for a court that watches, whispers, and waits for an heir. Rumors spread. Alliances shift. And a foreign prince's arrival threatens the fragile balance they've constructed - awakening jealousy, loyalty, and grief in equal measure. Every gesture becomes political. Every kindness, suspect. In a world where queerness is punished and appearances rule all, survival depends not on honesty, but on knowing when to remain silent - and when to stand together. Lavender Beneath the Throne is an adult fantasy novel about power, secrecy, and the quiet courage it takes to live truthfully in a world that demands obedience.

In a kingdom draped in silk and secrets, Ivy Marlowe hides more than just a scar beneath her bandages. Once a survivor of a noble tragedy, now a respected physician with a sharpened smile, she walks the fine line between grace and vengeance. But when fate ties her to a prince too clever to fool and a past that won't stay buried, Ivy must decide: will she heal what's broken-or destroy what broke her?

The Maiden Who Carried Fire is a story of power, devotion, innocence lost, and the fire that burns quietly in the veins of the chosen. Within its unfolding lie glimpses of kingdoms both wondrous and cruel, melodies that linger longer than memory, and shadows that stretch farther than the sun. It is a story that asks: what does it mean to be chosen? To carry a weight too vast for one lifetime? How does one wander through streets of triumph and despair, follow whispers that shape destiny, and witness choices that echo long before they are made? And through it all, a single thread persists - a song, a fire, a truth waiting to be claimed.

On the night of the Ever Flame festival, Princess Dulcinea of Kalambrar lost everything. Her mother was murdered. Her father's heart turned to stone. And Dulcinea made a vow- one sealed in blood and fire: to destroy the kingdom that took her mother's life. To do so, She must become everything She swore to hate. A Spy amongst her enemies, a bride to their prince and a weapon cloaked in silk and lies. Yet as she walks the halls of her enemies' castle, the Gods she no longer prays to seem to stir again. The stories her mother once told her- of dragons, of fire, of love eternal- whisper back to life in dreams she cannot explain. And between the knight who would burn the world for her and the prince who might save it, Dulcinea's heart begins to fracture. When the line between vengeance and love blurs, She must choose: Her vow. Her heart. Or the truth buried beneath hundreds of years of myth.

Amidst the grandeur of two warring kingdoms, a princess flees from a fate she never chose. Princess Elanore Juliana, bound by duty and a forced marriage to the Protestant Prince Philip Johann, escapes the palace on a stormy night, only to be found by Prince Francis Theodore-a devout Catholic from a rival kingdom. In the secrecy of moonlit chapels and hidden lessons, he catechizes her, awakening in her a forbidden faith. Their love blossoms in secret, but their union sparks a war. Betrayal, imprisonment, and a desperate battle pit them against forces that seek to keep them apart. As winter cloaks the land, a final stand will determine whether love and faith can unite two kingdoms-or destroy them both. He rescued her once. Now, he must fight to save her forever.

The grand ballroom was meant for whispers and waltzes, not fate and fire. Lady Seraphina Astoria Valeheart has always preferred the quiet edges of the court, where secrets pass like fleeting shadows and dangers rarely call her name. But when a man with a reputation sharp as his smile and eyes that hold too many secrets asks for a dance, she makes a single mistake-she says yes. Lord Sylas Draven Mourcade is many things-charming, infamous, untouchable-but never careless. Yet when Seraphina saves his life with a power she barely understands, a bond is forged in blood, binding them in ways neither of them can escape. But the court does not forgive so easily. There are forces in the empire that move unseen, hands that guide fate with quiet, merciless intent. And Seraphina and Sylas, now bound by something far greater than chance, have just stepped onto a path that was never meant for them. She was never meant to be part of this world. He was never meant to want more. But the dance has already begun. And in the end, all that will be left is ashes.

Etherium: The Academy of Equilibrium. Three towers, woven into one: the luminous Tower of Dawn, the shadowy Tower of Dusk, and the central Citadel of Silence. Here, the balance between creation and purification is not a philosophy - it is the law of survival. Bel arrives at Etherium to vanish from the grasp of others and learn to keep her power locked in iron silence within. Alongside three friends, she endures initiations, rigorous training, and trials at the Rift - a living source of magic that holds the world on the brink. But beneath the Academy, an Echo stirs: an entity for whom Balance is a flaw, a mistake. An entity that seeks to erase both Light and Dark into a single, hollow Nothingness. It lures people into illusions, preys on their weaknesses, and singles out the first to break. And just when to love is to sign your own death warrant, the Quencher appears. The one those of the Light are meant to avoid. The one who should never be allowed close. He doesn't ask for trust - he simply becomes too useful, too nearby... and too dangerously tempting to turn away from.