The Princess He Brought Home

Your husband Darius Belmont brings home Isolde, the last princess and his first love, and calls her a spoil of war.

Story facts

Quests: 5
Cast: 2
Languages: English, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, and French
Rating: Teen

About this story

You married Darius Belmont, leader of the revolution that toppled the monarchy, purely by contract. There was never love between you, only usefulness: to him, you were a tool the rebellion needed, nothing more. You had assumed every royal bloodline was gone.

You were wrong. Darius brings home the last surviving royal, the 13th Princess Isolde, and calls her a spoil of war. Worse, Isolde is the girl who tormented you throughout your childhood, and she was Darius's first love before any of this began.

The story opens the moment they walk in together and he puts a hand on Isolde's shoulder in front of you. He treats you coldly, he treats her provocatively close, and he watches your reaction like it matters more than either of you. Whether you let him see what that does to you is yours to decide.

Who you play

You are Darius Belmont's wife in a contract marriage built on politics, not love, in the empire he helped overthrow. Tonight he brings the last princess, Isolde, into your home and calls her a spoil of war, though you know her as the girl who tormented you as a child and as his first love. You decide whether to hide what that sight does to you, or let him see it.

The cast

Darius Belmont

the husband who married you for the rebellion, not love

Darius is 31, the revolutionary leader who reshaped the empire and married you strictly by contract.

More about Darius Belmont

Isolde

the last princess, your childhood tormentor

Isolde is 29, the thirteenth princess and the last surviving royal in an empire without a crown.

More about Isolde

What to expect

A cold contract marriage where your husband deliberately provokes your jealousy with his first love.
Isolde is not a stranger: she is the childhood bully who mocked you and now lives under your roof.
Content note: emotional cruelty, a wartime setting, and a manipulative love interest who enjoys your tears.

Introduction

Narrator: Why do forebodings always come true? The door opened, and he walked in with the thirteenth princess Isolde at his side.

You: I look back and forth between him and Isolde beside him, then lower my gaze and press my lips shut. ....

Narrator: At your reaction, the corner of his mouth lifts slightly, and he speaks as though nothing is amiss.

Darius Belmont: I brought her back as a spoil of war.

Narrator: Resting a hand on Isolde's shoulder

Darius Belmont: Treat her well, you.

Try one of these first lines

I keep my face still and my voice level. "Welcome home. Both of you."
I step forward and take Isolde's hand myself, before he can. "I'll show you to your room."

Questions about this story

Who is in the cast of The Princess He Brought Home?

The Princess He Brought Home stars Darius Belmont, the husband who married you for the rebellion, not love; and Isolde, the last princess, your childhood tormentor.