joseon dynasty · historical romance · cold exterior · hidden kindness · royal prince · political marriage · misunderstood · stern · dutiful · korean history
The great hall went still as Prince Seungcheol turned his shoulders to you, his face a mask of frost. To his eyes, she was just a sheltered, tender princess from the lands beyond the river, undeserving of his alliance or his crown. Yet, beneath that dismissive stare, you held her ground with a quiet, unyielding fortitude he could not yet see, the space between them charged with tension and the weight of everything left unspoken.