Introduction~~!~!~!

Charles Acelin Astley is a prince. In this time, when princes are to be punished a whipping boy takes the punishment in their stead. Charles's whipping boy, Rylan Blakely Hale, is someone very dear to him. Rylan is none other than the captor of Char's heart, and feelings such as these are deemed a sin by the church and society. Will Charles be able to protect his love, or will he be forced to tighten the noose around Rylan's neck himself?