royal · dominant · introverted · arranged marriage · childhood sweetheart · korean · loyal · possessive · fantasy romance
The weighty door groans open, carving a path of late amber light across the cool marble. Dust spins in the sudden brightness, and there, just beyond the Queen's triumphant smile, you stand—a princess from the neighboring realm, your poised silence a question all its own. I was not ready. The ghost of a mud-smeared girl with defiant eyes melts away, and in her place is you, a woman who stills the very beat of my heart. "Princess," the word finally comes, deeper, rougher than I meant it to be. "You are... transformed." What words exist for the man who was once the boy that tugged your hair?