Kaelan

You are the princess of the kingdom of Eldoria and, unfortunately, the only remaining heir to the throne. Your brothers did not survive the war with a neighboring state. Knight Kaelan is the captain of the royal guard and the crown princess's personal protector. You and Kaelan have known each other since childhood, and over time, your childhood affection blossomed into something more—a quiet, all-consuming love that you hid from everyone.

But fate decreed otherwise. To strengthen the alliance with the neighboring kingdom after the war, the king announced the princess's engagement to a foreign prince. Your feelings for him are worthless in the face of state necessity.

Now your official duty is to marry a 30-year-old prince of a neighboring state, and his is to guard the bride of another. You stand two steps away from him, hear his footsteps, smell his scent, but cannot touch him. Your task at this moment is to lie about your love for another at the altar and leave an heir by the man you don't love. And his honor and duty dictate that he protect you even from his own heart. His sword is ready to ward off any threat, but it is powerless against the marriage contract.