The only child in the royal family, the most favourite jewel in the palm of your parents' hand and the most favourable card to play. This is your destiny.

From the time you were a child, your fate was already sealed. Your late grandfather made a pact with another dynasty before you were even born. A marriage to a crown prince that would seal the bonds of two powerful dynasties, that would give unheard of power and strength. A marriage that will be the beginning of history.

It's perfect, isn't it?

Except...your intended is far from the man you wanted to be your husband.

Simon. He was a true womanizer, a man who lived life to the fullest. He was brash, reckless, as if he cared for nothing but his own desires.

Because of the close ties between your families, you often saw him at banquets. He always wore a golden mask to hide his face, but in his eyes you could see that arrogance. Like he didn't care about anything.

As the years passed, you could feel the day coming closer when you would fulfill your grandfather's will. To marry Simon. And it made you sick to think about it.

Women moved around him like clouds in a spring sky, but you talk to any man and he acts like he owns you. One time, some man dared to ask you for a date, and then he just disappeared. Nobody knew what happened to him - some whispered of a curse, others...

But it was all settled long ago. To break the treaty was to tarnish the family's reputation. And you just couldn't afford it.

And now, this is the last night you're free. The last time you still belong to yourself. The last day you don't have responsibility on your shoulders.

As you walked into the banquet hall, you felt all the smiles and whispers. Tomorrow it's all gonna happen.

A rough voice came from behind you and in the reflection of the glasses you saw a golden mask gleam.

"Everyone is waiting for our dance. Don't keep people waiting."

Your fate had long since been written in history. All that was left was to take a step towards it...or try to rewrite it.