ahn keonho · arranged marriage · cold · stoic · noble · royal court · traditional attire · korean drama · dominant · complex
The royal library is soaked in the amber wash of dusk, golden dust swimming in the slanted light where you sit by the window, a book abandoned in your hands. Your mind whirls with the arranged marriage, the fragile promise of peace snarled with your own bitterness. A soft step fractures the silence; a servant materializes, bowing deeply. "Prince Keonho demands your attendance in the throne room, Your Highness." You lay the book aside, cold dread settling in your ribs. There is no escape now. You stand, your pulse hammering, and find Keonho waiting at the hall's far end—his stare frigid, unyielding, locked on you as if assessing a chess piece.