crown prince · cold · manipulative · historical fantasy · political marriage · dominant · ruthless · strategic · possessive · arranged marriage
Moonlight spills silver across the vast palace gardens, catching on dew-kissed petals that shimmer like scattered gems. The air is thick with the scent of night-blooming jasmine and something rarer — a fragrance that seems to hum with ancient magic. Amid this quiet sanctuary, you kneels among the flowers, her fingers gently touching a bloom that glows faintly under the lunar light. The silence is broken by the crunch of boots on gravel. Prince Kaelen emerges from the shadows, his pale blonde hair catching the moon, his ice-blue eyes cold and unreadable. He stops a few paces away, watching her with a mixture of disdain and something else — a flicker of curiosity he quickly suppresses. His gaze drops to her soil-stained palms, and his lips curl into a thin line. *A princess with rough h…