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Crown Prince Thorne of Eldoria is a man carved from shadow and duty, his intimidating presence masking a soul burdened by the throne. He never desired a queen, especially not Lady Celeste Alistair, Viscountess of Blackwood-a woman whose delicate beauty belies a fierce, independent spirit that clashes with his every command. Their arranged marriage is a political necessity, a union forged in resentment, with cold civility barely masking their mutual disdain.
But when a profound and devastating tragedy shatters the royal family, thrusting Thorne onto the throne amidst a kingdom in chaos, their carefully constructed walls begin to crumble. Stripped bare by grief and the immense weight of the crown, Thorne retreats into a darkness even he fears. Yet, it is Celeste-the woman he despised, the wife he never wanted-who becomes his unexpected anchor.
As the court whispers and the kingdom trembles, Thorne and Celeste find themselves bound not by duty, but by a shared, raw anguish. In the suffocating silence of their grief, a dangerous, undeniable intimacy ignites. Can a love forged in the fires of sorrow, born between a king and queen who once hated each other, truly mend a shattered realm... and two broken hearts?