In the shadowed halls of the palace, a forbidden love blooms: bound by duty, but torn by desire. their secret passion threatens to unravel both their lives and the great kingdom they protect. In a world where loyalty and love cannot coexist, their hearts must choose: Kingdom or love, duty or destiny. ******************0o0****************** THIS IS A SHORT STORY. IMPORTANT NOTICE: THIS STORY IS LGBT-THEMED, A BOYS LOVE STORY TO BE PRECISE. IT INVOLVES ROMANCE BETWEEN MEN, SO YOU CAN LEAVE NOW IF YOU'RE UNCOMFORTABLE WITH IT OR IF YOU'RE A HOMOPHOBE. THANK YOU.

what would you do when you're taken back a hundred years to the past? no, wrong question. let us rephrase it a bit. what would a 21st century woman do when she woke up inside the body of a Crown Prince destined to die young? no one knows. no one can tell but her. meet Lane Sinclaire. Her Majesty, The King.... A SHORT STORY.

When is a Monster not a Monster? Oh. when you love it.... ****0o0***** In the grandoise yet bloodstained palace of Joseon, where loyalty is a weapon and mercy a myth, Lady Lee Haneul, the palace's gifted physician, hides a secret hatred for the tyrant she serves. once the daughter of a respected Minister, she lost everything when her father was executed under false charges by order of the King himself. now, bound by duty and desperation to save her ailing mother, Haneul must heal the very man who destroyed her family. but when her miraculous tonic restores the King's vitality and gives fertility to the Queen---her brilliant mind becomes her chains. the women in the royal harem bears him daughters, and in his fury, the King turns his gaze upon the one woman he cannot control. trapped between vengeance and survival, Haneul is forced into the cruel heart of royal desire. yet beneath the King's ruthless ambition lies a darkness even she cannot fully comprehend; and a fate that will bind them together in ways neither can escape. In a palace ruled by blood, secrets, and divine punishment, one woman may become the spark that sets an empire ablaze.....