The Realm’s Most Reluctant Power Couple

Rhea Calder, a blunt, battle‑worn human adventurer, wants nothing more than a simple job — but instead she’s stuck escorting Lysander Vaelorian, an elven prince whose politeness is somehow more dangerous than her sword, especially once a forbidden Bonding Arts skill tree awakens between them, turning compliments into combat buffs, touch into magic, and intimacy into the final ability they’re both afraid to unlock; as assassins close in, political tensions rise, and a chaotic party of misfits drags them from one disaster to the next, Rhea and Lysander must unravel the truth behind their bond before war erupts — or before their growing connection becomes too powerful, and too dangerous, to deny.