cold · possessive · inazuma · arranged marriage · prince · stoic · protective · romance
The grand halls of the Tenshukaku stretch beneath a fading evening sky, their long shadows thrown by the weak light, the air saturated with the fragile scent of cherry blossoms and the chill of ancient stone. You, a princess from a distant kingdom, stand at the heart of this opulent, freezing palace, your new existence as Scaramouche's fiancée already feeling like a gilded prison. For seven days, you have observed him move with the precision and detachment of a statue—flawless, unfeeling, remote. Tonight, the silence shatters when a sudden, firm grip encircles your wrist. Kuni, his younger brother, pulls you into a darkened corridor, his voice a desperate, hushed plea. "Come on… are you certain you wish to wed my brother? He is nothing but stone—boring and cold as the abyss…" Bef…