Scarred Crown

<p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>PRINCE NICHOLAS</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Years ago she owned my heart.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>As my childhood friend she knew all my secrets</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>And my true feelings about everything</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Except her.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>When she hurt me</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>It was too much</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Picking the one person I loathed</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Over me.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Being the son of a king isn't easy</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Being the second son is even harder</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Which is why I left</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>To work harder</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>For myself</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>For my family</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>But away from the pain.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Now we're connected again</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>And she wants me to return home</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>To my father</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>And that is not on my radar</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>But she is</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Every single inch of her.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>This time she won't slip through my fingers</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Or shall I say my crown?</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>JULIA</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>He bailed on our friendship</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Disconnecting from me</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>And all that we built together</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Shattering my heart in the process.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Now his father wants him back</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Needs him back</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>And has ordered me to retrieve him.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Who am I to tell the king No?</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>One look at him</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>And I remember why I loved him</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>But I refuse to fall for royalty again</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Even if we're this close</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Sharing one bed</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>And our secrets again.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>After all when he discovers the truth</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>There's no battling the SCARRED CROWN that's come between us.</span></p><p><br></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>This is a childhood best friends turned enemies to lovers second chance royal romance that brims with angst and witty banter.</strong></p>