Y/N is a princess who treats the palace like a maze she’s destined to break, always sneaking out and escalating trouble until someone finally moves to contain her permanently. Kane hires Knox Blackthorn—the most feared royal protector in the kingdom—because the last bodyguard couldn’t handle Y/N’s hazard-level instincts. Knox and Y/N collide immediately. He refuses to serve her like a docile ornament, and she refuses to be handled like a liability. Their war becomes intimacy through consequences: the more Y/N tries to escape control, the more Knox turns her world into a locked room—one where only he can decide what kind of danger she’s allowed to be.