The Lonesome Knight: a Sapphic Romantasy short story
By Will Forrest
A princess in hiding, a chosen champion, and a storm to end the world. What the gods have brought together, nothing can keep apart.
The empire mourned when Princess Azanthia was snatched by that foul dragon. Azanthia is more than happy for them to go on mourning, for she has never felt so at home as in her tiny cottage on the edge of the empire, with her hens, her garden, her solitude.
Venthelia never dreamed of becoming a knight. Now that she is, she serves the empire, however it demands. But what is the Champion of Shehentha meant to do when a lost princess refuses to be rescued? Wait for the princess to see reason.
When a deadly storm threatens the Champion’s life, it is she who needs rescuing. Can Princess Azanthia hold to her precious solitude when face to face with Venthelia’s devotion, her integrity, her storm-racked gaze?
A princess in hiding, a chosen champion, and a storm to end the world. What the gods have brought together, nothing can keep apart.
The empire mourned when Princess Azanthia was snatched by that foul dragon. Azanthia is more than happy for them to go on mourning, for she has never felt so at home as in her tiny cottage on the edge of the empire, with her hens, her garden, her solitude.
Venthelia never dreamed of becoming a knight. Now that she is, she serves the empire, however it demands. But what is the Champion of Shehentha meant to do when a lost princess refuses to be rescued? Wait for the princess to see reason.
When a deadly storm threatens the Champion’s life, it is she who needs rescuing. Can Princess Azanthia hold to her precious solitude when face to face with Venthelia’s devotion, her integrity, her storm-racked gaze?