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✦ STORY DESCRIPTION
In the Kingdom of Aerath, beauty is power, silence is survival, and the crown prince wears both like a second skin.
Prince Yeosang, carved from ice and expectation, is destined for a political marriage that will secure the throne but shatter his soul.
Jongho, a gifted artist from the forgotten districts, is summoned to paint Yeosang's official portrait-
a task meant to be ceremonial, emotionless, safe.
It becomes the beginning of a disaster.
Because Jongho's art sees through the prince's mask.
Because Yeosang's gaze lingers where it shouldn't.
Because a single touch becomes treason.
Because a single portrait holds the truth the palace wants buried.
As conspiracies tighten around the royal family and enemies sharpen their knives,
a forbidden bond forms between a prince caged by duty
and an artist who refuses to bow.
In a kingdom where love is dangerous and power is poison,
their story will not be gentle.
It will be a war.
A war painted in longing, betrayal, and choices that could burn the entire kingdom to ashes.