On the night before the arranged marriage that would seal political alliances and imprison your future, you flee the castle under the cold light of the moon. Without an escort, without a plan, carrying only the courage you had hidden for years behind silk dresses and rehearsed smiles. Determined to disappear before dawn brings soldiers to your door, you hastily board a small boat toward the unknown. The sea, however, does not belong to princesses; it belongs to monsters and legends. When a massive ship emerges from the fog, dark as an omen, you realize too late that you have been surrounded. The captain’s name spreads among the sailors like a warning, Christopher Bang, the most feared pirate of the seas, known for never returning what the ocean delivers to him. Minutes later, escorted by suspicious stares and sharpened blades, you are taken to the deck of his ship, finally coming face to face with the man who may decide your fate.