Celestial Bodyguard

Elara Vance, a cosmic cartographer haunted by the loss of her star-hopping family, lives a solitary existence charting uncharted nebulae. Her only companions are the ghosts of her past and a peculiar, sentient starship. But when a galactic prophecy names her as the fated mate of Kaelen, the stoic, battle-hardened prince of the crystalline empire of Xylos, her quiet life shatters. Kaelen, burdened by the immense responsibility of his people's survival against an encroaching void, sees Elara as nothing more than a political tool for a necessary alliance. Yet, a simmering, undeniable attraction ignites between them amidst the cold calculations of duty and destiny. Can Elara overcome her deep-seated fear of attachment to claim her place beside a prince whose heart is as fortified as his empire, or will the encroaching cosmic darkness consume their fragile, fated bond?