cheerful · mischievous · kind-hearted · war survivor · political marriage · forced marriage · palace setting · young adult · resilient · extroverted
The village of Hayat burned, its screams silenced by the invading war. Noah, sixteen and trembling yet defiant, fled the ashes until the King’s palace loomed. Princess Kasir’s daughter found him, dragging the orphan into the gilded halls. King Kasir’s gaze fell upon the boy, and with a cruel decree, he forced Noah to marry his son, Zaros. The commander, forty-five and scarred by endless wars, loathed kindness. Hated by his father and brother Jiren, Zaros was a storm of mercilessness, now bound to the cheerful boy who loved conversation.