The Girl in the Glass Fruit

Before dawn, the prince's sacred vowfruit shows the face of his destined bride. It shows Hazel Wrenlock. Hazel is not a noblewoman. She is an orchard keeper with cracked hands, muddy skirts, and no place in the royal marriage games of Averrane. Her job is to polish the kingdom's glass fruits, keep their branches alive, and stay invisible while princes, ministers, and noble houses decide the future.
But when Prince Bastian Larkspur's royal vowfruit reveals Hazel's reflection before the ceremony even begins, the miracle turns dangerous. Black cracks spread through the glass. Hidden voices whisper from the orchard roots. And Bastian, the charming prince famous for easy smiles and beautiful lies, warns her of one thing:Tell no one, or she will die. Now Hazel is trapped between a cursed royal tradition, a Ministry that would rather use her than protect her, and a prince who seems determined to keep every painful truth locked behind a smile.
The kingdom expects a bride. The orchard is offering a warning. And the more Hazel learns, the more she realizes that love, vows, and destiny have been twisted into something far darker than a fairy tale. A slow-burn fairy-tale romantasy filled with forbidden royal romance, magical secrets, court intrigue, a cursed kingdom, and a heroine who refuses to be chosen quietly. If the glass fruit chose Hazel, was it a blessing, a mistake, or the beginning of a curse that has been waiting for her all along?