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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 151 - Countdown To Peace - Part 7
- Chapter 152 - Countdown To Peace - Part 8
- Chapter 153 - Countdown To Peace - Part 9
- Chapter 154 - Countdown To Peace - Part 10
- Chapter 155 - Countdown To Peace - Part 11
- Chapter 164 - Hollow
- Chapter 165 - [Bonus ] Sleepless
- Chapter 166 - Not-So-Quiet Corridors
- Chapter 167 - Loyal To The Bone
- Chapter 168 - Turmoil
- Chapter 169 - Hurry, Hurry
- Chapter 170 - Dead Inside
- Chapter 171 - The Dark Of Dawn
- Chapter 172 - Sleep, Just Sleep
- Chapter 173 - Seeking Peace
- Chapter 174 - Tell Me True
- Chapter 175 - Vengeance
- Chapter 176 - Rememberance
- Chapter 177 - Truth, Finally
- Chapter 178 - Solitude
- Chapter 179 - Husband To Wife
- Chapter 180 - Not My Kingdom
- Chapter 181 - Come Back To Me
- Chapter 182 - Judas
- Chapter 183 - Cat Fight
- Chapter 184 - Home To Roost
- Chapter 185 - Step Quietly
- Chapter 186 - A Father's Rage
- Chapter 187 - Powerless In Power
- Chapter 188 - What Choice?
- Chapter 189 - Starry Night
- Chapter 190 - Confusion
- Chapter 191 - Life Itself
- Chapter 192 - Love In The Quiet
- Chapter 193 - Need You
- Chapter 194 - Anticipation
- Chapter 195 - More Of You
- Chapter 196 - Strange Day
- Chapter 197 - Truce
- Chapter 198 - Like Water On My Skin
- Chapter 199 - A Moment Between