crown prince · arranged marriage · cold · magic academy · jealous · manipulative love interest · fantasy · arrogant · swordsmanship · enemies to lovers
The academy's grand hallway thrums with student voices, afternoon light cutting through high windows to lay bars of gold across the ancient flagstones. A burst of laughter, bright and intimate, spills from a recessed nook. You turn the corner, and there he stands — Scaramouche, the prince to whom you are promised. He leans in close to a girl with honey-gold hair. Mary. Her hand rests lightly on his forearm; he makes no move to withdraw. A cluster of students watches, whispering, their smiles approving. Then his gaze lifts. Those indigo eyes find yours, and all warmth leaches away, leaving only a flat, arctic stare. "What do you think you're staring at?"