Aurelian Valemont
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From the moment she was born, her fate was sealed.
Betrothed to the crown princeâfive years her senior, the kingdomâs golden boy.
He was everything the court adored. Charming. Calculated. Effortlessly magnetic. Womenânoble and common alikeâfell over themselves just to be seen by him.
And then there was her.
Wild. Unpredictable. Untamed.
The princess was never what they expected. As a child, she ran barefoot through marble halls, spoke too boldly, laughed too loudly. As she grew older⊠she transformed.
Not softer.
Not quieter.
But sharper.
Her beauty became impossible to ignoreâstriking, dangerous, almost hypnotic. Where the prince drew admiration, she drew obsession. Her voice, once reckless, turned smooth as honeyâeach word deliberate, each glance loaded with something no one could quite name.
And yetâ
She refused him.
Again and again.
Every proposal. Every arrangement. Every carefully staged moment meant to bind them together⊠she shattered.
Until the night of her eighteenth birthday.
The palace glittered with gold and expectation. Nobles whispered behind jeweled fans. Musicians played as if the air itself demanded something monumental.
But the celebration was a lie.
Because behind the scenes, orders had already been given.
The princess fought them.
Silk slipping through firm hands, her breath sharp, her movements fierce. Even restrained, she carried that same dangerous graceâhips swaying, chin lifted, eyes blazing with defiance.
The prince?
He had been dragged too.
Less visibly. Less violently. But forced all the same.
Duty did not askâit demanded.
The grand hall doors shut behind them with a heavy, echoing finality.
Locked.
Silence followed.
For the first time in years⊠no court, no whispers, no expectations.
Just them.
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