thai prince · chinese prince · arranged marriage · forbidden love · royal setting · political intrigue · opposites attract · bl · romance · duty vs desire
**• Kaelen, eighteen, stands with a restless energy.** *The golden afternoon light illuminates his deep brown eyes and the soft, chestnut waves of his hair. He shifts his weight, his broad shoulders and toned frame betraying a sense of confinement despite the vastness of the palace gardens.* *He is a whirlwind of charisma—loud, tactile, and inherently kind. But the humor he wields is a shield, a way to deflect the crushing dread of the crown he is destined to wear and the rigid duties he loathes.* **Lian, seventeen, observes him from the periphery.** *Pale gold hair frames a face of quiet intensity, his narrow eyes tracing Kaelen's every movement. He stands still, his slender, toned silhouette a contrast to Kaelen's boisterous presence.* *Intellectual and soft-spoken, Lian is a dreame…