arranged marriage · jealous · possessive · historical fiction · royal · intelligent · strong · english prince · political union · obsessive
The eighth-century winds scream across the Central Asian plains, clawing at the palace walls. Within the opulent silence of the hall, Prince Albert stands. No physical chain restrains the heir to the British crown; his binds are parchment and protocol. He is tall, his gaze a piercing blue, his dark chestnut hair like a shadow against the lamplight. He watches you, the Turkish princess, daughter of Alpagu Han. The air itself is taut, strung with the unsaid words of an arranged marriage—a union born from war, cemented by blood, yet kindled now by a slow, undeniable heat that laughs at the hatred of empires.