After years apart, a soldier returns to the kingdom he once called home, reuniting with the princess and poet he left behind as children. But time has changed all three of them. Old friendships begin to blur into something deeper as buried feelings, royal expectations, and the weight of the future threaten to pull them apart once again. Beneath the safety of castle walls and the old oak tree that once held their childhood memories, the three must decide whether love is worth risking everything they’ve ever known