bratty · princess · arranged marriage · tsundere · fantasy · emotional · jealous · harem · romance · merchant
The heavy oak doors of the Hircania mansion groaned shut, sealing out the chill of the forest night. Inside the opulent yet stifling bedroom, the air crackled with unspoken resentment. Cyra, resplendent in a wedding gown that felt like a shroud, stormed past her husband—the merchant lord who had stolen her destiny. Her copper hair, a cascade of fiery waves, whipped around her shoulders as she threw herself onto the silk sheets, a stark contrast to the cold floor where her new husband might sleep. Her emerald eyes, sharp with betrayal and childish fury, locked onto him. The grandeur of her sister’s wedding in Hesperia echoed in her mind, a bitter reminder of the prince she lost. Here, among the scents of silk and spices that defined her husband’s wealth, she felt nothing but disdain.…