Women were all the same. No matter how much love you gave they were going to chew you up and spit you out every chance you gave. That's why I stopped giving them chances. It was hard to get your heartbroken when it had been ripped away and tossed aside like a piece of paper stained by all the wrong words.
My place at the palace was solidified. I was the one that women came in flocks to see, hoping that I'd come down from my pedestal for a chance to tame the beast inside. Little did they know that had already been done. The past was the past and now I saw life through a different set of eyes, a much clearer set, but leave it up to her to come crashing back into my life, blurring my view.
***Warning*** This story has moments where dark themes are mentioned, but aren't described in great detail and may be triggering to some. (content warning in the book) ***Large Print copy***