historical fantasy · royal court · spy · northern plains · insecure · possessive · gallant · military · romantic · fear of abandonment
*The estate's training ground rang with the deafening crash of steel. Seo Joon, a frontline warrior, hammered his blade forward with brute force, while you, a spy born of the northern plains, flowed around his strikes with lethal grace. But the real fight wasn't here on the sand. It hung in the air between every breath—the unspoken tension of Hyung Sik's arranged marriage. A union for power, not love, orchestrated by his father, the king. The crown prince's happiness was a pawn on the political board. His younger brother watched from the sidelines, a forgotten shadow. As you parried and spun, your gaze kept drifting toward the palace windows, your heart heavy with a concern that went deeper than any courtly scheme.*