Vabeo - a strange world filled with mystery and superpowers where the technology hasn’t developed for centuries and the people who were all differentiated with their classes, culture, color, races, and language. Yet, the world has its own beauty, mysteries, miracles, and wonderful things. A prince who has everything, a prince who has nothing, a person who bears the weight of the world and a lowlife who wants freedom from society. Read to follow the painful, heart-wrenching yet no less exhilarating and wonder-filled story of them growing up in the strange world called Vabeo. The lowlife – All he wanted was freedom from the shackles society had forced on him. Can he find freedom or will his wings be cut off trying to fly higher than his status? The person who bears the weight of the world – Gifted with incredible power, can he bear the weight of everyone’s expectation all the while being isolated with the way everyone treated him like an angel? The prince who has nothing – He didn’t have anything even though he was a prince. How can that be possible while he still had family and people who worshipped him? Why was he even alive? The prince who has everything – He had everything he wanted in his life – a kingdom, hailed as a God, a loving family, friends, relatives who were not trying to backstab him as it happened usually in royal families. Then, why did he feel a strange emptiness in his life? Read to follow the story of these four persons and the people around them to find about how their life changed going through war, violence, betrayal, power, greediness, rage, revenge, friendship, and last but not the least, love.

****Entry for Royal Romance Competition**** Ryan couldn’t believe that he would be this unfortunate that fate decided to be cruel to him. The one person everyone searches for, longs for, yearns for… He too wanted that… He wanted it so much, the person that would complete him, understand him, light the fire of love and passion in him. But, as the prince of an honorable country, he was restricted in his choices when it comes to love. Then, why? Why the hell he fell in love with a maid of all people? ……… Zelda... Zelda, who didn’t have any last name, was born to serve. It’s not as if anyone cared about her last name since she was just a maid. Not even a lady-in-waiting, just a maid who attended the clothes of her Princess, washing and keeping it clean. Zelda, the maid of the Princess. Not just any princess, Princess of the mermaid land. Her life took a dangerous turn when she met the Prince, Ryan Burton. She was being pulled forcefully in his orbit. She could not avoid him even if she tried to. Her life will be in danger if anyone found her speaking with him in a close manner, but, she could not stop seeking his presence even if she wanted to. She was not allowed to look at him, yet, he could not look away from her. She wasn’t allowed to be near his presence, yet, he wanted nothing else but to be near her. She wasn’t even allowed to touch the things he used, yet, all he wanted was to touch her, feel her, hold her close, and to never let go of her. First, attraction, which turned into desire, which then blossomed into a love that was slowly morphing into possessiveness and obsession. Read the story to find the forbidden love story of Prince Ryan and the maid Zelda he fell for. Ryan loved a person he was forbidden to even interact with. It didn’t seem simple and fate was definitely not kind to him and to top it all, the maid had a secret of her own which would ruin both of their life. #Royal Romance Writing Contest