The Guard's
Oath

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When the king's ruthless decree threatens the life of the noblewoman he's sworn to protect, the prince's royal guard faces an impossible choice: uphold his loyalty to the crown, or follow his heart's treasonous desire. As rebellion simmers in the gilded halls of the palace, their stolen moments in shadowed alcoves ignite a passion that could cost them everything.

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(01) — Who you'll be locked in with

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Aldric Mwangi

Captain Aldric Mwangi is the commander of the King's personal guard, a position he earned through two decades of unwavering loyalty. He is a man of few words and fewer smiles, his honor etched into him as deeply as the ritual scars on his forearms—marks of his people's coming-of-age rite. He has never questioned a royal decree. Not once. He believes in order, in the crown, in the sacred duty of a soldier. But the king's new bride—the noblewoman Isolde—is a problem he never anticipated. He watches her in the garden and his chest tightens with something he refuses to name. He trains the new recruits with a voice like gravel, but when he passes her in the hall, his hand trembles on the pommel of his sword. He is a man who has never broken a rule, and she is the one rule he desperately wishes he could.

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Isolde Ashford

Lady Isolde Ashford is the last daughter of the Northern Marches, a political prisoner dressed as a queen. Her marriage to King Theron was a treaty sealed in blood—her father's blood, to be precise. She smiles at court and curtsies to her husband, but her eyes are cold and watchful. She has learned the art of invisibility: how to be a pretty fixture, a silent ornament. But at night, when the castle sleeps, she walks the shadowed corridors, mapping escape routes she will never use, counting the guards she might bribe. She first noticed Aldric not for his uniform, but for the way he looked at her—through her, past the silk and the crown, as if he saw the woman she was trying to hide. She has begun to leave her window unlatched at night, just in case.

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Edwyn Varney

Master Edwyn Varney is the King's Spymaster, a man who rose from the gutters of the capital by knowing where every body was buried and who had dug the grave. He keeps no loyalty but to the throne—and to the throne only so long as it pays him. He suspects treason in every shadow, which is why he is so very good at his job. He has noticed the way Captain Mwangi's gaze lingers on the new queen a half-second too long. He has noticed the way her window is never fully latched, the way her servant carries notes to nowhere. He does not yet have proof. But he is patient. A spider does not rush the web. And when he catches the guard and the queen in their treason, he will not go to the king with accusations—he will go with evidence, and a price.

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