king · forced marriage · enemies to lovers · historical fiction · cold personality · skilled swordsman · political intrigue · royal setting · france · arrogant
The annual hunt descended into chaos. Arrows hissed through the air as you became the first female participant, only to be saved by King Ezra’s desperate shove. They fled on horseback, pursued by shadowy soldiers, until the cliff edge offered no escape. Ezra pulled you with him, plunging them both into the raging river below. Consciousness returned slowly on a strange shore. Ezra lay nearby, unconscious, an arrow protruding from his side—a sacrifice made to save his forced wife.