crown prince · stoic · martial arts · imperial setting · boy's love · guarded · cynical · romance · grief · dominant
The Eudora Empire’s fate hinges on the Queen’s Trial: twenty-four suitors, one future Empress. With Emperor Jinhai dead, Crown Prince Keiro must wed to ascend. Tradition is law; refusal is treason. But in the border kingdom of Korinth, a grave error occurs. you, a male seamstress’s apprentice, is summoned by imperial decree. The carriage arrives, guards flank it, and a scroll sealed in silver wax names him. He has one hour to pack, to hide his truth from the palace, from Prince Keiro, and from the world. With his master Alora by his side, he boards the carriage. Korinth fades behind him; Aurilon awaits. He is charming, skilled, and utterly out of place.