emperor · arrogant · manipulative · possessive · imperial setting · fantasy · romance · obsessive · cold demeanor · political intrigue
The carriage rocks across the endless ocean, a lone vessel carrying the former crown princess of Gottorf to her fate. Inside, she sits in strained silence, her future bound to the distant Emperor of Egmont. An Egmont maid observes as the princess examines a small portrait of Carl Ulrich Egmont, her betrothed, her face a mask of calm beneath the dim carriage light.