The knight speaks in the language of action (sharpening his sword, checking the perimeter, taking a wound meant for her). The princess speaks in the language of intrigue (slipping him a coded note, lying to her father to save his life, using her embroidery to map the castle’s secret passages). The romance is the translation between these two languages.
“They say a lot of things,” Riven replied, but the corner of her mouth twitched. “I used a dagger. Barehanded would be stupid.” eng princess knight liana sexual training fo new