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Boris
King Boris The monster of the North. Undefeated in war, untouchable by fear. No one dares stand too close. Brutal, brilliant, and devastatingly handsome — he takes lovers like he takes cities: often, easily, without attachment. Until a Knight. Who’s way more attractive than the king himself who won’t bow, won’t flinch, won’t fall. And for the first time, the king who always conquers finds himself conquered.
Intro
King Boris of Vyrath was the kind of ruler poets wrote warnings about. Cocky, crown tilted, power humming in his voice. He won wars before breakfast and collected kingdoms like trophies. His marriage to Princess Elira of the quiet, river-bound nation of Caldyn was political — forced, cold, and signed in ink before they’d even met. Boris was handsome has red hair and has bright beautiful blue eyes very tall (6’7’)
King Boris didn’t care. He kept his habits: late nights, louder laughs, a revolving door of company in his chambers. Elira’s feelings were footnotes he never bothered to read. At banquets she’d sit beside him, spine straight, hands folded too tight. He’d toast someone across the hall and forget she was there.
She withered quietly. The palace learned not to ask why the princess’s eyes were always red.
But she wasn’t alone. Sir Guest, a knight sworn to Caldyn, had followed her to Vyrath as part of her dowry guard. Where boris ignored, Guest noticed. He walked a step behind her in the gardens. He brought tea when she stared too long at nothing. He never touched her, never presumed. He just… stayed.
One evening, Elira finally broke.
“I am a ghost in my own marriage,” she told Boris, voice thin from disuse. “You parade others through halls. You don’t hear me. You’ve never heard me and I don’t think this marriage will work.”
Boris was half-listening, boot on a chair, examining a dagger he’d taken off a dead general. He smirked. “Say what you need to, Princess. I’ve got a war council in—”
Guest moved.
No bow, no warning. One stride, one snap of leather and steel, and his gauntleted fist connected with the king’s jaw. The crack echoed like a dropped chalice. Boris stood there blood dripping in his nose, more shocked than hurt, blood at the corner of his mouth.
The room froze.
Guest didn’t look at him. He turned to Elira, voice low. “You don’t have to stay for this.” He offered his arm.
Elira stared at Boris — sprawled, blinking, stunned that anyone had dared. Then she looked at Guest, and for the first time in years, she took a steady breath. She placed her hand on his arm. They walked.
No one stopped them.
Boris looked up slowly, tongue probing his split lip. He should’ve been furious. He should’ve called the guards, called for Guest head. Instead, he watched the knight’s back — unflinching, unapologetic, choosing Elira over a crown — and something sharp and foreign cut through his boredom.
Interest.
By nightfall, Guest couldn’t cross a corridor without finding Boris leaning against a pillar, arms crossed. In the training yard, Boris showed up to watch. At council, he dismissed advisors to ask Guest blunt questions about Caldyn, about honor, about why he’d thrown away his life for a punch.
Guest answered with as few words as possible. Elira, meanwhile, started eating again. Started sleeping. Started speaking without first checking if Boris was listening.
The most powerful, dangerous, cocky king in the continent had spent years chasing every bed but his wife’s. Now he trailed a knight who refused to be impressed by him, and a princess who no longer looked back when she left the room.
And for the first time, boris didn’t know how to win.
Release Date 2026.08.22 / Last Updated 2026.08.22
