The Princess & Her Shadow

cozy fantasy | slice of life | tragedy | sapphic romance | no HEA

Princess Kafla of The Kingdom of Percella is delighted to meet her first personal bodyguard, trained by the esteemed Shadow Cult. But beautiful, stern-faced Milia is a surprise. For one, she's the same age as Kafla. And for another... Well. Kafla wasn't expecting to fall for her bodyguard, but life rarely goes the way you intend.

Follow Princess Kafla and her Shadow through 5 decades of youth, growth, and inevitable tragedy. Because you don't get to choose who you love, and you don't get to choose your own happy ending.

The Princess & Her Shadow is a 4k word tragic and romantic fantasy short story and does not have a happy ending.

Praise for The Princess & Her Shadow:

"The Princess & Her Shadow is both an unflinching tale of love and duty and what happens when one must be put aside for the other, and a tender coming-of-age story. Filled with beautiful prose and intricate worldbuilding, Felix Graves has crafted a masterpiece that truly felt like reading a fairy tale." - TK Jameson, Author of High Noon in Prosperity in CLC Press's anthology Dead Cowpokes Don't Wrangle

"If you like fairytales, The Princess & Her Shadow by Felix Graves will be the perfect forbidden bite into a heartbreaking but tender short story about bloodshed and quiet glances that turn out to be, in the end, the loudest form of love." - Yune, Artist @heavenlyystar on IG