Description

Princess Ines of the Zener Empire has endured rejection since birth as an illegitimate child. Her prospects worsen when she's married off to Grand Duke Ryan of Eleanor, a celebrated war hero from an enemy nation. Cold and unyielding, Ryan seems determined to keep her at arm's length. Refusing to accept a life of mere suffering, Ines resolves to carve out her own dignity—whether within the marriage or beyond it. What unfolds is a union built on distance, resentment, and the weight of unspoken feelings.