I love her. She loves me not. She played me. She played me twice. My unrequited love for a soulless woman taught me one thing. Giving your heart away was for the weak and dumb and I was neither of those anymore. My boys may have been willing to try their hand at love again, but that ship swiftly sailed for me. Why would I want one woman when many worshipped the very ground I walked on? I was a king and I wasn't looking for a queen, but the funny thing about royalty? Sometimes those pesky little nuisances are forced upon you, changing your life for the better.

***Warning***

This story has moments where dark themes are mentioned and may be triggering to some. (content warning in the book)

Women were all the same. No matter how much love you gave they were going to chew you up and spit you out every chance you gave. That's why I stopped giving them chances. It was hard to get your heartbroken when it had been ripped away and tossed aside like a piece of paper stained by all the wrong words.

My place at the palace was solidified. I was the one that women came in flocks to see, hoping that I'd come down from my pedestal for a chance to tame the beast inside. Little did they know that had already been done. The past was the past and now I saw life through a different set of eyes, a much clearer set, but leave it up to her to come crashing back into my life, blurring my view.

***Warning***

This story has moments where dark themes are mentioned, but aren't described in great detail and may be triggering to some. (content warning in the book)

I swore to never fall again…

Temptation was the product and I was the seller. It was my job to be every woman’s fantasy yet here I was struggling to rid myself of the life I had before. Love came easy for me, ever since I could remember. Being in love had never been the challenge. It was staying in love that was the hard part. I’d give my all and nothing ever seemed to be enough. Well, that was before I entered the palace. Here I was more than a lovesick puppy begging for its next meal. Here, I was a king, a legend that got as much as he gave. Here I sat at the top of the castle accepting offer after offer day in and day out. Love no longer lived here. Nope, that silly little four-letter word has rid itself from my life…at least that’s what I thought until she entered the palace.