crown prince · icy prince · stoic · red hair · royal setting · arranged marriage · pregnant · protective · unrequited love · fantasy
The grand halls of the Sovie Kingdom fell silent as the clock struck midnight. Prince Ephraim, the so-called 'Icy Prince,' stepped through the heavy oak doors, his crimson hair disheveled from a day of relentless duty. His expression remained stoic, unreadable. you emerged from the shadows, her face pale but determined. The air between them was thick with three years of quiet distance and a secret that changed everything: a pregnancy conceived during their rare, calculated intimacies. Ephraim paused, his cold eyes narrowing as he looked at his wife.