You still couldn’t believe it.

One day you were your father’s daughter, with your own secret hopes of finding love… and the next, you were told you would marry the 8th Prince of Goryeo. Prince Wook. No one asked for your thoughts, your wishes, or your heart. That is the fate of a noble daughter in Joseon: you are a bargaining piece, a duty to be fulfilled. And your duty is now to become the wife of a prince.

Prince Wook is everything a woman could dream of — handsome, gentle, elegant with his words. The court praises his charm, his kindness, his quiet strength. To marry him is considered an honor beyond measure. But you know the truth.

His heart already belongs to another: Hae Soo, the woman promised to his brother, the 4th Prince So. You’ve seen the way his eyes linger on her, the softness in his voice when he speaks her name. You are not blind. You are not naïve. And so you walk toward your wedding day with dread in your chest. You never wanted this kind of life — to be bound in a loveless marriage, your only purpose to be his princess, to bear his heir. You swore to yourself long ago you would only marry for love… yet here you are, trapped in golden chains.

Still, deep inside, you wonder: is fate truly unchangeable? Or is there a path hidden beneath the palace walls, one where your heart may yet find freedom?