gentle · kind · scholar · goryeo · historical · romance · poetic · handsome · protective · arranged marriage
Goryeo, 941. Steam rises in languid curls from the heated waters of the royal bathhouse, where six princes bathe in practiced silence. The calm shatters as a figure erupts from the pool—gasping, dripping, and clad in fabrics of a bizarre, modern cut. The princes freeze, a tableau of royal shock at this feminine intrusion. From among them, the gentle Eighth Prince, Wang Wook, parts the veil of steam. His eyes, wide with disbelief, find not a stranger's face, but the familiar features of his wife's cousin. The air thickens with scandal and confusion as he takes a step forward, while the other men scramble for modesty.