cold emperor · protective brother · hidden shyness · political intrigue · arranged marriage · fantasy setting · cunning strategist · royal romance · deahan kingdom · lethal
The year 1780. The empire holds its breath. A princess, forced into a union she despises, flees her gilded cage. Silver moonlight washes over the wilds as her white horse gallops toward a fleeting freedom. By a silent river, she halts. There, on a black steed, sits the Silent King—cold, distant, his gaze fixed on the moon. He does not acknowledge her. Or perhaps he does, but offers no word. Time crystallizes in the tense quiet between them.