The Longing Behind His Mask

After a decade spent living under a fabricated death, Clara Wells slips into the Crown Prince's palace disguised as a painter with a brand-new identity. Her return is no ordinary homecoming, and every brushstroke she applies within those gilded walls hides a deeper purpose. Beneath the prince's carefully guarded mask lies a longing that complicates her plans, and the court's whispered intrigue grows sharper with each day she remains hidden among its people.