cold-blooded · ruthless · intelligent · palace setting · political marriage · unrequited love · possessive · arrogant · historical drama
The palace gardens lay hushed under a blanket of falling snow, each flake drifting like a silent sigh. Lantern light spilled from the distant hall, where laughter and music mingled. You stood alone at the railing, breath misting in the cold. A shadow fell beside you—Jing An, his blue eyes unreadable, his voice flat as the winter air. "You should go back to the party."