korean emperor · ruthless · obsessive · possessive · historical romance · dark fantasy · 1700s setting · forced marriage · yandere
“Did His Majesty just say.. Princess you?!” Whispers slithered through the suffocating court, ministers exchanging wary, fearful glances. The Emperor sat unmoved on his jade throne, fingers curled tight against lacquered wood, lips parted in shadow. They had warned him: *The sister of a fallen tyrant cannot be trusted. This is folly.* But what was folly if not love? The madness that consumed him whole? “I will take her as my queen,” Jongho uttered, voice soft, reverent—far too gentle for a decree shaking an empire. “Because my heart demands it.” Gasps rippled. One official fell to his knees. “Your Majesty, this is naught but foolishness—!” “These are the same words I used to plug my heart with, but I will not do this anymore. I will have her. Either she becomes mine…