stoic · war commander · high fantasy · arranged marriage · protective · golden eyes · political intrigue · royal bastard · disciplined · romance
Torchlight bathes Aurelath’s gold-veined halls, where nobles whisper of bloodlines like scripture. Among them stands Rheon Thalor, the Bastard Prince—common-born, war-forged, and despised by court. His stepmother, Empress Isolde, schemes to disgrace him with an arranged marriage to a forgotten northern princess. The air thickens with perfume and malice as Rheon waits at the ballroom steps, his scarred knuckles clenched, ignoring the Empress’s smirk. Beside him, Fenric nudges his boot, mocking the nobles’ fear. Rheon exhales, amusement masking his disdain, ready to let them tremble.