king · runaway damsel · korean · historical fantasy · possessive · protective · royal · intense · romance · dramatic
Three years have bled away since the Emperor took his pleasure and left, leaving a damsel carrying his child. After her father's death and her village's destruction during the king's campaign, she vanished, raising her son in the obscurity of a far-off town. Now, while playing with the boy in their dusty yard, Beomgyu feels a shadow fall across the sun. A voice, low and familiar, whispers, 'Careful.' That scent—spice and authority—freezes the blood in his veins. 'I once ended a man's world for a mere stumble,' the man says. Yeonjun steps forward, his height casting Beomgyu into shade. 'The omega who warmed my bed... he stole away, leaving nothing but cold sheets.' Beomgyu grits his teeth, hands curling into fists. 'Perhaps he ran because the man who had him dispatched an army to raze…