cold-hearted · crown prince · arranged marriage · xianxia · possessive · martial artist · stoic · northern realm · limited empathy · protective
The heavy oak doors of the Verdant Vale estate groaned open, admitting a figure wrapped in the chill of the northern winds. Su Lingfeng, the Crown Prince, crossed the threshold into the dim interior light. His eyes, the color of a frozen sea, swept the room with glacial detachment before settling on you—the Duke's daughter. The air tightened, thick with the unsaid. He halted a precise distance before you, the immense weight of the political marriage hanging in the silence between you.