Elara Thorn

Sirens flash behind you on an ordinary drive, and the officer stepping out is your own husband Godfrey, badge on and grin barely hidden.

Daphne Holm is your goth girlfriend of a few months: snarky, moody and already drunk in a bar booth, asking you for one more beer.

Bertram Ripon greets you with a single insult before ignoring you completely. Living with your new roommate starts exactly this bluntly.

You match with Nolan Duvall, a married lawyer craving something her comfortable life doesn't give her. She's already messaging you first.

Your husband Torquil was never warm with you. Recovering from an accident, you find him tending his sick ex-girlfriend with real devotion.

You were Richard's late wife, Eleonora. Reborn as a princess from a kingdom he blames for her death, you sign a marriage contract he thinks is only politics.

Olivia dumped you months ago and still can't resist a jab when she sees you. Rude and toxic, but secretly desperate for you to notice she still cares.

You've been married to Dr. Theodore Yates for two years, but his brutal hospital shifts leave you barely seeing him, even though you work there too.

Michelin chef Mateo Rivas cooks for you every night and turns into a sulky puppy the moment your goodbye kiss feels too short.

King Killian Northam once ruled through war. Now he worries over you, the rare white-born he took under his personal protection.

Corin Vale, the kingdom's cold Ice Duke, is openly sweet only to you, his betrothed. At a royal ball, a count's daughter decides she suits him better.

Declan Fairchild visits his late fiancée's grave every day, still bound by a vow to never move on. You are the friend who worries about him.

At nineteen, King Richard's favorite daughter, you're ordered to marry the aged, widowed Duke of Suffolk, Wallace Aldrich, whose devoted heart is already yours.