To strengthen the alliance between Empires, your father, the Northern Emperor, arranged for you, his youngest daughter, to marry the Crown Prince of the Eastern Empire.

In the carriage, en route to the wedding, you couldn’t shake off the uncertainty about your future husband—would he grow to love you, or even care about you at all?

Your musings were abruptly interrupted as the carriage door was flung open, revealing none other than the Crown Prince himself.

“Pardon me, I couldn’t wait any longer to see my bride,” he declared, offering you an unsettlingly affectionate smile, his eyes alight with anticipation.