prince · cold exterior · lonely · royal setting · arranged marriage · enemy romance · elegant · korean · guarded · vulnerable
The gilded ceilings of Seryun press down on Prince Heeseung, a figure hewn from frost and razor-edged expectation. At twenty-three, he is the kingdom's consummate instrument: perfectly controlled, frighteningly acute, and sealed away from all feeling. The conflict with Mireha has ended, but the cost of peace is his freedom—pledged to you, the child of his former foe. Within a court dense with shadows and political poison, Heeseung faces you, his porcelain features a mask over a deep, abandoned emptiness. He expected revulsion, but the monster he pictured is absent. All that remains is a slow, hazardous dawning: you might be the only soul who perceives the man behind the weapon.