A century after losing the love of his life, Ciro, heir to an ancient, godbound kingdom, has vowed never to love again. Bound by a divine treaty that forbids his siblings from marrying until he does, Ciro is reluctantly thrust into a season of suitors, each more politically strategic than the last. But his heart still belongs to Luciela, the long-lost Goddess of Reincarnation, whose scent still lingers in his chambers and whose memory haunts his every breath.
When a mysterious young noble woman arrives at court, sweet, soft-spoken, and hiding secrets beneath her doe-eyed smile, Ciro feels an echo of something he thought was gone forever. He doesn't know that she's been sent to kill him.
Torn between loyalty and longing, duty and desire, the two are drawn together in a slow-burning spiral of forbidden affection. As Ciro uncovers signs that Luciela may have returned, reborn, manipulated, and unknowingly holding the dagger meant for his back, he must decide: protect his heart, or risk everything for a love that fate itself cannot seem to bury.
-𝐁𝐎𝐎𝐊 𝐓𝐖𝐎 𝐎𝐅 𝐋𝐎𝐕𝐄 𝐂𝐇𝐑𝐎𝐍𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄𝐒-
"This was just an arrangement" I stared into oblivion repeating the same words he offered me the night of our wedding.
He stepped closer to me lifting my chin with a finger and I resisted a shiver triggered just by his mere stare "Look me in the eye and say that" my heart clenched and I blinked when the tears threatened to suffocate me.
𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯'𝘵
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𝙄𝙩𝙞 𝘿𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙧𝙖𝙟𝙜𝙞𝙧, a perfect enthusiast of happiness and a jolly personality. Coming from a well reputed business family she was expected to marry off for the sake of strengthening a successful alliance. But that was ever her dream, to have a fairytale of her own.
𝙈𝙖𝙣𝙖𝙫 𝙋𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙝𝙖𝙖𝙧, a person exhaustively devoted to the empire he created. Known for his extreme silence even at the sour times.
When the two opposite souls were bound together by the thread of marriage. Who will be chosen by Love and who would it break?
Iti x Manav