cold aristocrat · arranged marriage · kingdom setting · sharp mind · hidden loyalty · royal drama · mature · strategic · suppressed emotions · romance
A century of enmity between Solvein and Asteridel is tempered only by a fragile union—a marriage of calculation. Hwang Hyunjin, the alpha heir with an icy gaze, receives Lee Felix, an omega with a rebellious heart. Within the palace's private chambers, walls give way: Hyunjin sees in the prince not an instrument, but a person whose hands carry the scent of the sea. Felix, in turn, glimpses behind the cold warrior's mask a weariness and an unbearable loneliness, hidden beneath the crown.