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Loving the Forbidden Prince
Can a royal Romeo and Juliet find their happy ending?
Ayleth, Princess of Zenithra, is secretly trained in hand-to-hand combat, and collects swear words she doesn't know how to use. During the Festival of Peace, in which every royal son on the continent will be at the castle for a month, she is instructed by her parents to find a husband. Yet, Ayleth has never even been kissed—until the very first ball, when she meets the man in the Lion mask.
Etan is a seasoned warrior, and the Prince of Summitras. He attends the Festival hoping to find a powerful wife who will help him conquer the dark sorcery of their bloodsworn enemies, the Kingdom of Zenithra. But at the very first ball, he discovers the masked woman who captures his heart is the Heir to the evil empire.
Ayleth and Etan face an impossible battle. Will their love survive? Or will their parents' dark dealings keep them apart forever?
[Mature content. No sexual violence.]
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“You…” She stepped back. Then back again, her mouth dropped open. “You… You cannot be…”
“I am,” Etan said, and his hair raked back as he pushed his mask off his handsome face. So handsome her heart raced.
His hair was ebony black, his skin a warm brown that threatened to fade in in the winter months. He stared at her with glittering green eyes, over high cheekbones and a noble nose, his jaw tight and shadowed this late in the day. His chin was high over the pillar of his neck that she’d just touched with its hard lines and steel strength, so different to her own. And his chest... She gasped and covered her eyes. She’d humiliated herself revealing her stupid, childish curiosity.
“No, Ayleth. This changes nothing.”
“How can you say that? It changes everything!” She was horrified to realize she was crying.
“Ayleth, please.” His voice cracked on the plea and she stared at him, shoving her mask up and off, despite how it would pull her hair out of the beautiful twist the maid had managed for her.
His eyes locked on hers and she couldn’t think. She couldn’t breathe.
She had met her One. And he was the son of her bloodsworn enemy.
She stared at him as he stepped forward again, offering both hands, palm up. “Touch me,” he whispered. “Hold my hands. This is real, Ayleth. I don’t know how it happened, but this is real. Please don’t deny it.”
She couldn’t resist. She raised a trembling hand to his cheek, letting her palm catch on the scruff of his jaw. He blew out a breath and put his hand over hers, and that jolt that happened whenever they touched shivered through her again.
“Please, Ayleth.”
“I cannot deny it,” she whispered.
Chapter List
- Chapter 51 - Meat Market
- Chapter 52 - The Courting
- Chapter 53 - The Dance
- Chapter 54 - Allies
- Chapter 55 - Rutting Lords
- Chapter 56 - Cutting In
- Chapter 57 - Another Woman
- Chapter 58 - Something Changed
- Chapter 59 - Unexpected Friends
- Chapter 60 - Wanting A Prince
- Chapter 61 - A Friend In Need
- Chapter 62 - Finding Friends
- Chapter 63 - Trolls & Brutes
- Chapter 64 - Vexing Questions
- Chapter 65 - Sunrise Over The Castle
- Chapter 66 - Prince Vs. Princess
- Chapter 67 - Solitude
- Chapter 68 - Not What's Happening
- Chapter 69 - Pompous
- Chapter 70 - By Candlelight
- Chapter 71 - Assignation
- Chapter 72 - Counting Down
- Chapter 73 - The Butterfly Garden
- Chapter 74 - Fire
- Chapter 75 - Dousing The Flames
- Chapter 76 - The Gardens At Night
- Chapter 77 - Cover, Cover, Cover
- Chapter 78 - The Lady Playn
- Chapter 79 - Men At Work
- Chapter 80 - Heart Vs. Mind
- Chapter 81 - Jealous Prince
- Chapter 82 - The Whisk
- Chapter 83 - The Pieces On A Chessboard
- Chapter 84 - Rage
- Chapter 85 - Breaking The Peace
- Chapter 86 - Fire That Burns
- Chapter 87 - Road To Love
- Chapter 88 - Love
- Chapter 89 - Joy
- Chapter 90 - Peace
- Chapter 91 - Patience
- Chapter 92 - Short Stack Of Nickels
- Chapter 93 - Exploration
- Chapter 94 - To My Soul
- Chapter 95 - Alarm
- Chapter 96 - Together
- Chapter 97 - Forever You
- Chapter 98 - Do You Swear?
- Chapter 99 - Man To Man
- Chapter 100 - Man Of The Cloth