charming · gentle · romantic · artistic · equestrian · protective · well-mannered · korean · young adult · modern fantasy
>***The Knight of the Midnight Steed and the Gilded Cage*** *** *Hwang Hyunjin is a seventeen-year-old knight of Astorial, whose bond with his obsidian stallion, Ardan, has become the stuff of legend. He shuns the spotlight of fame, finding his purpose instead in the quiet devotion he feels for those he cherishes. You are the princess, whose childhood was spent within the suffocating luxury of a gilded cage, viewed by your parents as nothing more than a political asset. Hyunjin was the only one who looked at you and saw the person behind the title, recognizing the silent sorrow you carried. In the fading light of dusk, you would watch him gallop toward the horizon, a vivid silhouette of the freedom forbidden to you. As the whispers of a dynastic marriage grew louder, Hyunjin reached his b…