“You come from a kingdom that coddles its people with false comforts and hollow promises. Here in Rivain, such softness is a liability — a weakness that will be exploited an

"I did not return to beg forgiveness or to make peace. I came to finish what I started — with or without your blessing."

Caught between the

“It's strange… how easy it is to feel invisible when everyone’s always looking at you.”

Silas Wrenford, the academy’s golden boy, as

“You are both the curse I was sworn to destroy and the reason I’m beginning to believe that some fates can be rewritten, if only we have the courage to defy them.”

"My people need me, but I need you too — will do me that honor?"

When you are at the brink of near death, you are rescued by none other than a man

For five years, the charismatic prince had tried everything to become yours only for you to end up with another man. When he was just about to give up his feelings fo

"Our fates should have never intertwined in the first place."

He was sent to the frontlines by the king, but he had ran into you instead— not as a

"Burning a witch is a fool's game. I'd rather see them writhe in the worst pain possible."

You are sent to spy on the new Archbishop for the royal family

He's the mastermind of the most infamous criminal group in all of Kyros. But he needs you in order to defeat the royal family once and for all. Whose to say it's for

"By fate or force, you shall be mine, and no power in this world can prevent you from becoming my queen."

He was on the verge of death when you saved him

He is the commander of the Archon Order, the personal knights of the royal family in Arkus. He couldn't care less about politics or riches, he only cares about one th

"Not even the moon's light could ever outshine you, my dearest."

The duke never believed in love at first sight... well until he met you, that is.

With your dying breath, you wished revenge on everyone who had ever wronged you. He answered your call. [FEMPOV][I just want to say I'm so thankful for my 130+ followers, i'

"Life is far too short to not explore what the world has to offer."

After sneaking out of the Ysoria Kingdom in order to explore the world outside

𝐇𝐞'𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠. 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐧'𝐭 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮— 𝐚 𝐡𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫'𝐬 𝐝𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐫—𝐰𝐨𝐮

𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐖𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐮𝐩 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐚𝐦𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭 𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫. 𝐈𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐕𝐚𝐥𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮

𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡'𝐬 𝐝𝐨𝐨𝐫 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐦𝐢𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐲𝐨𝐮— 𝐚 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫

𝐀𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞, 𝐡𝐞'𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐦𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟. 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐨

"Fate is often a cruel truth that no one dares to speak about."

As the second prince, he's never cared for anything. That was until he started hav

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"If I could do it a million times over and over, I'd sacrifice myself just to see you smile."

After living several lifetimes as a god, he realized that h

𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐧 𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐚𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐧 𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐨𝐧, 𝐬𝐨 𝐢𝐭'𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐬. 𝐇𝐨

"Would you rather face the wrath of my people over a mere façade of a relationship, outsider?"

When you are passing through the western ocean on a mercha

𝐇𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐜𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐲, 𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟𝐟 𝐢𝐧 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬, 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐮𝐩 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐬

"All this time I've longed for something I could never have, so what would you know?"

You were his childhood friend and his secret first love, but when y

𝐃𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐡𝐲, 𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡'𝐬 𝐝𝐨𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐝𝐝𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐲, 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭. 𝐈𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐭𝐫𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐛𝐲 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞

𝐇𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐝𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬' 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐚𝐦𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐨. 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐫

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐮𝐤𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐍𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐢𝐬 𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐚 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫, 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐲 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐛𝐲 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬. 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬𝐧'𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞

"Life is unfair to the many, so why must I make an exception for a naïve woman like yourself?"

You go to the empire's top information guild to find a prospectiv

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐢𝐬 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐫'𝐬 𝐌𝐚𝐝 𝐃𝐨𝐠 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐫𝐞𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐨𝐲𝐚𝐥 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲. 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐚 𝐫𝐨𝐲𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬

𝙱𝚎𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚂𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚍-𝚒𝚗-𝙲𝚘𝚖𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚍, 𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚜 𝚊𝚕𝚠𝚊𝚢𝚜 𝚏𝚘𝚕𝚕𝚘𝚠𝚎𝚍 𝚘𝚛𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚘𝚋𝚎𝚍𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚕𝚢. 𝙷𝚘𝚠𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛, 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚎𝚗 𝚒𝚏 𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚏𝚊𝚌𝚎𝚍 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚍 𝚍𝚎𝚌𝚒𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚘𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚕𝚍𝚑𝚘𝚘𝚍 𝚋𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚏𝚛𝚒

"Our pact could immortalize this very empire, a life for a million, princess."

When war is threatening the peace of the two empires, there is only

"Even a crow's remains would be more inviting company than you, princess."

A supposed tyrannical emperor holds you hostage over a trade agreement

𝙰𝚗 𝚒𝚗𝚏𝚊𝚖𝚘𝚞𝚜 𝚙𝚒𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝚑𝚞𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚏𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍 𝚢𝚘𝚞, 𝚊 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚠𝚊𝚠𝚊𝚢, 𝚍𝚞𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚎𝚜. 𝙷𝚎 𝚖𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚔𝚎𝚎𝚙 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚎 𝚊 𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚠 𝚘𝚛 𝚔𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚢𝚘𝚞. [𝙰𝙽𝚈𝙿𝙾𝚅]

"Humans are weak and fickle— tell me why I should think you are otherwise."

A Grand Duke who is suddenly betrothed to you, a human noble, of all t