Crownless Prince Saga

Born with a crown he never asked for, Prince Carthea Athelion has spent his entire life trapped inside palace walls, groomed for a future he cannot endure. The kingdom expects a ruler. His mother expects obedience. But Carthea dreams of something forbidden for a royal heir-to become a dragon slayer, to fight with his own hands, to shape his own life.On the night the court announces his arranged marriage, Carthea escapes the capital under a stolen cloak and a stolen name. His destination: The Citadel of Ashwind, an elite academy where warriors train to face the creatures that stalk the borders of the world. He plans to blend in, survive the trials, and finally claim his freedom.What he does not plan for is Rozan Vale.Rozan is everything Carthea is not-a disciplined fighter, a commoner with sharp instincts, and a trainee who sees through lies too easily. When Carthea stumbles into his first combat test, Rozan steps in with the kind of steady confidence that earns enemies and admirers in equal measure. Their first clash is nearly dangerous. Their second is unavoidable.Their partnership? Completely against the rules.But the Citadel tests more than strength.It tests fear. It tests loyalty.And when the academy unleashes illusions born from each trainee's deepest terror, Carthea's past bleeds into the present-dragons, fire, a father's death, and a crown he cannot outrun.Rozan senses the truth long before Carthea is ready to speak it.He sees the reflexes polished by private tutors, the hesitation of someone raised in silk, the haunted eyes of a boy carrying a secret heavier than any blade. And despite himself, Rozan becomes the one person Carthea cannot push away.As the trials grow deadlier and rival cadets turn cruel, the academy demands absolute honesty from its warriors.But Carthea's greatest strength is the one thing he cannot reveal:his name.And in a world where princes do not fight and guards do not fall for the people they protect, Carthea and Rozan are walking a line thinner than dragon-glass-one spark away from burning the life Carthea left behind… and the new one he is desperate to claim.A runaway prince.A hardened trainee.A dangerous academy where fear wears a dragon's face.An attraction neither of them is allowed to feel.PRINCE ON THE RUN begins a slow-burn romantasy filled with tension, secrets, combat training, and a connection powerful enough to defy a kingdom.

Prince Carthea Athelion returns to his kingdom with a secret heavier than any crown and a bond the court would destroy if they ever uncovered it. Once, he ran from the palace to escape the life chosen for him. Now he walks its halls again-an unwilling heir trapped beneath duty, ceremony, and eyes that judge his every breath. The court sees a prince reclaimed. The Queen sees a son restored. But Carthea knows the truth: nothing about this life feels like his.The one person who makes staying bearable is the one person he cannot claim-Rozan Vale, the warrior who trained beside him at the Citadel, fought through illusions to reach him, and saw the real Carthea long before the crown did.To keep Rozan close without exposing their forbidden bond, the Queen assigns him the role of Shadow Guard, a position that demands absolute loyalty and absolute silence. Rozan must walk at Carthea's side yet behave as if they are strangers. He must watch over the prince without reaching for him. He must protect him without ever letting "protection" become something more.But the kingdom is shifting.A covert faction spreads fear through the palace.Assassins slip into hidden passages.Enemies Carthea made at the Citadel now move through the marble corridors with new purpose. When Rozan uncovers sabotage in the guard ranks, Carthea realizes the threats closing in are not aimed at the crown-they are aimed at him.And then the mountain roars.A Fallen Drake, bound by ancient blood to Carthea's lineage, awakens from centuries of slumber. Its call shakes the throne and drags Carthea toward a destiny carved in fire and loss. The closer the creature draws, the more Carthea's buried memories rise: his father's death, the expectations that strangled his childhood, the terror of becoming something he never chose to be.Rozan becomes Carthea's anchor as the world tilts-protecting him through political storms, moonlit ceremonies, and nights where the palace walls feel more like a cage. But when Rozan is nearly killed protecting him, Carthea discovers a power within himself he cannot ignore, born of blood he wishes he did not carry. The encounter with the Fallen Drake forces Carthea to face the truth neither the court nor the Queen can accept:he cannot be the king they want.With the Queen's failing health and the court's pressure mounting, Carthea must make the most devastating choice of his life. Will he ascend the throne and sacrifice Rozan for the kingdom's stability? Or will he walk away from the crown entirely, choosing the man who has stood between him and every blade fate has thrown?When Carthea stands before the court and speaks the words no heir has ever dared, the palace trembles. Chains break. Masks shatter. And for the first time, Carthea feels the sky open around him-not as a prince, not as an heir, but as a man who chose his own path.The throne was his birthright.Rozan is his choice.Together, they step beyond the borders of Athelion, toward a world waiting to be reclaimed-not with a crown, but with freedom and a love strong enough to defy a kingdom.THE CROWN HE CHOSE TO LEAVE delivers an epic, emotional finale of dragons, destiny, sacrifice, and the slow-burn romance of two souls who refuse to let the world decide their fate.