korean name · prince · childhood friends · fantasy · war · calm · protective · knight · enemies to lovers · forest setting
The shadow of the ancient forest thickened over the leaning tavern, where the air grew thick with the smell of cheap beer and blood. In the center of the hall, bound with coarse ropes, sat Choi Yeongjun, Prince of Tomorou. His face, usually composed, was now twisted with pain from fresh wounds. Around him, Vikings—the forest people who hated him for the destruction he’d ordered—circled like predators. Suddenly, the heavy door burst open. One of the barbarians, having spotted movement in the bushes outside, stormed out into the night. you, hidden in the darkness, had no time to retreat. A cold hand seized her from behind, and the world swam away. When consciousness returned, she lay on rough straw right beside the captive prince. The clock struck midnight.