Kai sat alone in the shadowed study, the weight of Seraphina's silence pressing down like a storm cloud.
He'd always believed control was protection the crown needed order, not chaos.
But now? She was slipping through his fingers.
His phone buzzed. A message from Levi: She's gone rogue.
Kai's jaw clenched.
Levi.
The reckless wildfire who never played by the rules, yet somehow got under Seraphina's skin.
Kai slammed his fist on the desk.
"She's mine to protect," he muttered. "And if she wants a war... I'll give her one."
Meanwhile, Levi leaned against a graffiti-stained wall in the city's underground district, eyes sharp as knives.
Seraphina's revelation only fueled his fire.
"No more playing it safe," he whispered.
He pulled out his phone and typed a message: Meet me at the old theater. We need to talk.
Because some battles were fought not with swords, but with truth... and fire.
Back in the academy, rumors swirled like poison.
The princess was changing.
And both boys were gearing up for the fight of their lives to win her heart or lose her forever.