S_starlightt
Princess Aurora was always pampered-cherished as the only female heir beside her beloved brother, King Adonis. Sheltered by privilege and love, she never imagined a future without him.
Until he is publicly executed.
With Adonis dead, the crown passes to Aurora, and with it comes an impossible duty: to prevent further war between rival kingdoms by marrying her childhood sweetheart-the very man responsible for her brother's death.
Raphael was once her best friend.
Her first love.
Now he is the king she hates more than anyone in the world.
Bound by politics, grief, and a past that refuses to stay buried, Aurora must stand beside the man who shattered her life-while he loves her beyond reason, beyond guilt, beyond the universe itself.
But hatred this deep does not fade easily.
Will love survive betrayal and blood?
Or will the crown, the marriage, and the kingdoms burn together-dragged down by a past that cannot be forgiven?