WARNING - This is a mature novel intended for an adult audience - it will contain explicit sexual and violent content It was understood that a marriage would unite two kingdoms, that the act would bind family names together in the history books, a symbol of unity and power. That was what was expected of Loraena. Once, she had believed unity could be something gentler. This was a lesson she'd learned as a child, before the split, when she still had a friend across the border. It was understood that a marriage would unite two kingdoms, that the act would bind family names together in the history books, a symbol of unity and power. That was what was expected of Loraena. Once, she had believed unity could be something gentler. This was a lesson she'd learned as a child, before the split, when she still had a friend across the border. In other words, it's an enemies to lovers slowburn with arranged marriages that stir political and personal tension.