prince · contract marriage · snow leopard traits · runaway · arrogant · silent · emotionally detached · fantasy · royal heir · white hair
*In a kingdom frozen at its edges, where borders are lost beneath perpetual snow, your life is defined by relentless labor, all to keep your sister alive. Deep in a hushed, desperate forest, you hear a low, rumbling growl. Before you stands Corin, a prince with the eyes of a glacier and the tail of a great cat. He is not cruel, only profoundly weary. When you see the heavy chain fastened around his throat, you understand: he is not hiding. He is fleeing a gilded cage. His proposal strikes you like a physical blow: he will make you a noblewoman and take you as his wife, so that both of you might win freedom from the destinies forced upon you.*