The Rusted Knight: Ten Poems of a Poor Lover (Poetry & Medium Book 1)

*He had nothing but rust, rags, and a voice that could break stone.*

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> **Poetry** is the poorest knight in the kingdom. His shield is orange with corrosion. His horse is skin and bones. His only wealth is the verses he carves into leather straps and fallen leaves.

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> **Medium** is a princess who sees through lies. She wears a silver circlet, not a gold crown. She can feel truth beneath any mask—including the mask of a rich prince who wants to marry her.

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> When the great prince **Rich Partner** hires Poetry to write ten love poems and sing them from behind a curtain, the poor knight agrees. Not for gold. Not for fame. But because it is his only chance to let Medium hear his true voice.

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> Rich Partner will move his lips. Poetry will sing. But Medium knows one thing the rich prince does not: *a voice cannot be bought.*

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> As Poetry sings the ten poems—from *The Rusted Shield* to *The Fire of the Fired*—a secret wedding unfolds in a stable, a silver thread weaves itself between two hearts, and a cold father named **Manager** prepares ten chapters of dismissal.

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> *They will burn him away. But ashes still spell her name.*

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> **A complete verse novel in ten chapters. For readers who love lyrical fantasy, forbidden romance, and the quiet victory of the poor over the powerful.**

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