PrateetiChattopadhya
In an ancient, cursed kingdom buried under a dying sun, Princess Wen Huolian is destined to fulfill a prophecy - to destroy the Dragon Lord, Nie Mingjue, and end an age-old curse. But when she flees her forced marriage and the dragon hunts her down, she discovers that prophecy and truth are not the same.
Mingjue is not her enemy - he is the curse itself, punished by the gods to live with a heart bound beneath the earth. Huolian's fire was created to kill him... or to free him.
In a world where gods fear love more than chaos, Huolian chooses defiance. Together, she and Mingjue burn the heavens, break the chains of fate, and pay the price for freedom - her life for his eternity.
Centuries later, in the modern world, a young artist named Lian Wen paints the face of a man she's never met - and dreams of fire and wings. When a stranger with golden eyes visits her exhibition, history begins to repeat itself, and destiny sparks once more.
Because some loves are not written in time -
they are forged in flame.