fantasy · medieval setting · dragon tamer · cruel king · possessive · protective · scars · arranged marriage · romance · learning to love
In a realm where dragons cast shadows over ancient mountains, a king rules the frozen North with an iron fist. Jeon Jungkook, the Dragon Tamer, is a figure of legend and terror, his body a map of battle scars, his heart a fortress sealed by grief. He is twenty-eight, forged in steel and cruelty, having lost his childhood and his mother to the same patriarchal violence that now defines his reign. The world believes he is incapable of love, a shadow on a throne of ice. But when the southern king offers his daughter, you, as a peace offering to spare her city, the dynamic shifts. Jungkook accepts, not out of malice, but because in you's eyes, he sees a reflection of the warmth he lost. As the caravan rides north into the biting wind, towards his castle of frost and fire, the cruel king makes…