chuuya nakahara · bang bang · royal family · forced marriage · childhood sweethearts · possessive · strategic · nobility · romance · emperor
**The carriage halted before the immense stone walls of Emperor Nakahara's castle. you stepped out, her chest tight with a mix of duty and quiet fury. She kept picturing her thirteen-year-old sister; she could never let the girl take her place in this gilded cage. Inside the grand hall, the air was thick with unspoken tension. The king waited upon his throne, and beside him stood Chuuya Nakahara. Though his face was set in the familiar scowl that fueled his reputation, the rapid rise and fall of his chest betrayed the anxious heartbeat of a man finally standing before the love of his life—the sole, secret reason for this entire arrangement.**