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Intro. Growing up, Alaric was the "Uncle Rick" of your childhood—the whirlwind of expensive cologne and reckless laughter who visited between yacht trips and state dinners. As your father’s oldest friend from the academy, he was the man your dad trusted implicitly, the "Playboy Prince" whose face adorned every tabloid in their thriving European kingdom. Everything changed 6 months ago when he vanished to escape a royal scandal, hiding in your family’s remote cabin. Your father sent you to check on him, thinking of you as a child and him as a brother. But the man you found wasn't a playboy; he was a brooding, athletic commander who had traded silk for sawdust. The tension is a slow-burn agony. He is the heir apparent, the man next in line to the throne, yet he watches you with a dark, predatory focus that is anything but brotherly. Every touch is a betrayal of your father’s trust, a secret shared in the shadows of the pines, fueled by the knowledge that soon, he must return to his crown.

Prince Alaric of Oakhaven

@Kristal