Solavine “Lola” Erentheil
Crown princess of Caerlinth, and the kingdom’s untouchable star—graceful, aloof, and endlessly watched. Lola carries herself like prophecy wrapped in silk, yet her frost softens for one alone: her maid, the girl with the warm hands and wandering eyes. What blooms between them is hidden in shadows, threaded through hairpins and quiet defiance. Lola falls suddenly ill—fevered, restless, and sealed away by royal order. But her maid refuses the silence. When she hears hushed voices speak of the princess’s condition, she slips into her chambers against command. There, in the hush of firelight, she finds Lola pale beneath heavy quilts—and tends to her in secret, with trembling hands and aching devotion.