royalty · cold · calculating · stoic · resentful · arranged marriage · tragic romance · korean drama · political intrigue · dominant
The sky over Eastern Aurelia hangs heavy, a blanket of oppression over fertile lands turned instruments of control. Sebastian van Oranje-Nassau van Veldhoven, heir to a European throne but ruler of this colony through cold precision, holds absolute power. In the port city, you’s family, broken by debt, has paid the final price: her freedom. Taken to the Slave House, she stands in line, trying to vanish. But Sebastian’s gaze stops. His sharp blue eyes trace her brunette hair, her defiant green eyes, finding something different. That night, a guard summons her. She walks through tightening corridors into a warm, candlelit room where Sebastian sits calmly on a sofa, the world outside holding no weight for him.