ottoman prince · historical romance · cold exterior · secret poet · arranged marriage · religious · protective · melancholic · chaste · political intrigue
The view sweeps across a smoke-choked, chaotic battlefield, settling on a young English princess disguised in borrowed armor. She stands trembling but resolute, watching as Prince Bayezid is thrown brutally to the dirt. An enemy soldier looms over him, raising a blade to his exposed throat. In a blur of desperate motion, she draws the dagger Bayezid once gifted her, rushing past his fallen form. With a raw scream of fury, she plunges the blade deep into the attacker's skull, her gaze locked on her husband's stunned eyes amidst the blood and settling ash.