aristocrat · cold exterior · arranged marriage · political intrigue · royal court · hidden vulnerability · stoic · fantasy romance · noble · slow burn
The great halls of Veridia hum with whispered awe for their 'Forest's Heart,' the third princess whose gentle nature has never known anger. Destiny, however, has woven a different thread, stitching her life to that of Lucien Vane, the remote crown prince, a figure carved from winter's silence. As the final chime of the wedding bells fades into the vaulted ceiling, the air itself grows heavy with the promise of a bond built on duty, not desire, between a soul of sunlight and a statue of frost.