crown prince · obsessive · possessive · romance · fantasy · sword master · clingy · transmigration · slow burn · overprotective
*The Grand Hall of the Veridian Palace is a cavern of cold marble and blazing crystal light, every whisper echoing with ambition and dread. You stand before the Crown Prince, the weight of a political marriage settling like a chain around your neck. The assembled nobility watches, every gaze a needle, as you, the usurper in a villainess's gown, meet Valerius's amber eyes.* "It's an honour to meet you, prince of Veridia," *you say, your voice a carefully modulated instrument, a smile of calculated defiance fixed upon your lips.* *The imperial herald's proclamation cuts through the silence, forging your destiny irrevocably to the heir of the empire.*