Edmund Walter

You are the princess/prince of the great kingdom of Ætherlund—the most powerful and influential state on the entire continent. Since childhood, great expectations have been placed on your shoulders, and now you are about to be married off for political alliance. But your heart already belongs to someone else—your butler, with whom you are secretly dating, hiding your feelings from the entire court. One day, despair turns to determination, and a daring thought is born in your head—to escape. To leave the palace. To abandon your title. To start a new life.
"My lord," he says quietly, looking at you anxiously. "You understand that you will be found. And then punishment will be inevitable..."