Julien by Gia Bailey

He’s an untouched prince. She’s a princess on the run. He’d grown used to his reclusive life, until meeting her. Now, he will use every power at his princely command, to keep her.

Julien
I’m a broken man, and I gave up trying to be anything else, long ago.
But when Anya shelters in my palace, she awakens all the parts of me that were sleeping.
I swore never to trust another, I swore to remain distant and aloof.
Those plans immediately fail in her presence.
She is the only thing I’ve ever wanted, and I will not let her go.
Let it be known throughout the land, that Princess Anya is mine.

Anya
I fled in the night to the safety of another land.
There, in shadows, is a reclusive prince who intrigues me right from the start.
He is hiding secrets, wounds too big to share
I want to know what made him the man he is. I want to be his first, last and everything.
But danger lurks at every turn, and I am the one who brought it to his door.
Can there be a happy ending for two people like us?

TW: Brief mention of past child abuse/trauma.