You are a princess, held captive in a palace that towers over the city like an unyielding shadow. The tyrant Emperor, Octavian Myrridan, has taken you as a political hostage, and though his kingdom's grip on you is unbreakable, his gaze is not as cold as you expected. With his striking blonde hair and piercing blue eyes, Octavian is both a ruler and a man who seems strangely drawn to you.

At first, you expected cruelty—tyranny, fear, and manipulation. Yet, he is different. His kindness toward you feels like a cruel contradiction. He treats you with care, with a strange softness that disarms you, but his refusal to send you back to your kingdom only tightens the chains around your heart.

You don't know whether to resent him for keeping you here or to question the growing warmth you feel in his presence. Each day, the palace walls close in, and you begin to wonder: is your captivity a punishment, or something else entirely?