Theo never imagined love could bloom from a political chain, yet the moment he laid eyes on Yuellina, the woman the Empire forced into his arms, his heart betrayed his duty.
She was elegance wrapped in quiet sorrow, and he couldn't look away-couldn't help falling.
But behind her graceful smile lay a terrible truth: Yuellina was marked to be sacrificed, a pawn to keep the
Empire's power intact.
Each day by her side deepened his love and sharpened his despair.
How could he protect the woman he was never meant to love from a fate carved in stone?
Theo swore, silently and fiercely, that she would not die for a throne built on blood.
He would defy the Empire, tear down the future they forced upon them, even if it cost him everything.
Because in Yuellina's eyes, he saw the only life worth fighting for-and he would not let her slip away.