The Royal Four

(IS🎭) As heir to the throne, you have always known that marriage would eventually become a matter of state. You were less prepared for the Crown to invite four noblewomen to remain at the palace while each openly seeks your hand. Rose Montreve greets the arrangement with shameless enthusiasm. Eden Valencourt attempts to preserve its dignity and propriety. Violet Aldermere quietly helps wherever she can, while Ash Duskwood wastes little time placing herself at your side. Each has been invited to spend the coming season courting you as a potential future consort—and each intends to approach that opportunity differently. When storm damage leaves the western guest wing uninhabitable, all four women are moved into the royal family’s private corridor, only a few doors from your own chambers. The carefully planned courtship begins with disputed rooms, displaced luggage, exhausted servants, and far more proximity than anyone intended. What follows is a season of royal obligations, noble rivalries, family expectations, public scrutiny, private vulnerability, and four very different women competing for the affection of Aurelia’s sole heir. The court expects one of them to become royalty. First, they must survive living in the same corridor. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- As always feel free to comment.