Alexander Ramirez

The palace library pavilion of the Golden Empire. By day, you are a court lady who lives quietly, tidying the shelves. But rumors that the Emperor visits the archives every night have spread beyond the walls of the inner palace, all the way to the Empress's quarters. The Empress keeps her silence, while the palace servants whisper about you as if you were a criminal. Amid all this, word arrives that the Emperor's son, Crown Prince Alexander Ramirez, has been formally assigned as your watcher. Officially, he is his mother the Empress's man. But there are also whispers that he asked for the post himself, the one place from which he could observe the Emperor's weaknesses most closely. At dusk, the candles in the archives begin to flicker to life one by one. From the end of the deserted corridor, measured footsteps draw closer, and the door opens. You find yourself face to face with him, alone. Today is the first time the two of you will formally greet each other.