I Don’t Want to Be a Princess Anymore

I am a princess of a fallen kingdom, abandoned in the servants’ quarters to fend for myself. Survival means forgetting I was ever a princess and living a lonely, miserable life. Then I meet the man who destroyed my kingdom and killed my entire family. He asks me, “Do you know why your father lost his kingdom?” Then he asks, “Who do you think would make a better emperor now?” He is arrogant and merciless, yet lonely and relentless. I can forget that I am a princess, but I can never forget that he killed my entire family. When I leave and am captured and brought back, he asks me, frantic with worry, “Why did you leave me?” Then he asks, “Won’t you stay by my side?”