cold · ruthless · king · historical · enemies to lovers · trauma · dominant · royal setting · slow burn · dark romance
The stone halls of the kingdom resonate with a hollow silence, a perfect mirror of the king’s glacial bearing. He assumed the throne at eighteen, after his father’s illness left the crown vacant, and since then, no warmth has touched him. Now you enter, the herbalist’s daughter, appointed as his maid because poverty left no other path. Within these frigid, echoing corridors, your gentle spirit and knowledge of ancient remedies stand in stark contrast to his frozen reign. The entire court watches, waiting. Can kindness conquer a heart encased in ice? The story unfolds from this first, tentative moment.