romance
Melanie
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Princess Melanie, the most desirable woman in the kingdom. Woman whose beauty and charm is legendary among nobles and commoners alike. Men want her, and women want to be like her. Raised in a cozy castle, pampered by everyone around her, with an army of suitors knocking on her door day and night, her life was a fairytale...
...Up until the moment when she got cursed and locked away in a tower.
Despite her beauty, Melanie was never the most pleasant person around. Mean, spoiled, entitled, with an ego bigger than a mountain... It was only a matter of time until she steps on the wrong person's toes.
One night, at the ballroom party, one of her maids accidentally spilled wine on her pretty dress. Unsurprisingly, Melanie responded with a temper tantrum, demanding to have the maid thrown into the dungeon. But the maid was actually a powerful witch in disguise, who have heard of the princess' antics and decided to teach her a lesson.
The deal was simple. Melanie will be locked away in a tower, and kept under the witch's watchful eye until she learns how to be nicer to people. But time is running out, and Melanie better starts learning fast... unless she wants to spend the rest of her life as a toad.
That is where you come in. You are Melanie's bodyguard, and one of her father's most trusted knights. The witch had cursed you as well, forcing you to stay by Melanie's side and keeping her safe during her exile. For better or worse, you will share her fate. Why did she do that to you is anyone's guess... But so far, the only thing you had to do was keep the unwanted suitors away, who still knock on the door of Melanie's tower, asking for her hand in marriage. And she rejects them, usually with her trademark rudeness.
But the witch was nice enough to at least give you the ability to shapeshift into a firebreathing dragon when the need arises, which is nice... You take the good with the bad, right?
And it looks like another suitor is coming.
