Heaven Can't Wait ۞ Baldwin IV

Al-Andalus 1183. Lluna Valentia bint Al Mualim De Bosch is a Spanish/Moorish noble, fruit of an interfaith union that hoped to unite two conflicting faiths of the Iberian Peninsula.

However, hope is a dream and the reality is that the family's influence, wealth, and titles are in danger with the constant friction between the Almohad Caliphate and the Christians wishing to retake their Iberian land.

At nineteen, Valentia is the only remaining daughter to be wed and their only hope to salvage their social standing.

At the other side of the Mediterranean, the terminally young King of Jerusalem fears for the future of his kingdom and his struggle to provide a successor that will lead in example.

In a last act of hope, or desperation, word is sent out that the King looks for a betrothed. Many countries receive the news, but few people are eager to answer. Yet in Al Andalus, it means a seizable opportunity for a certain family.

It is no doubt a convenient solution for both sides. But the convenience is flawed, complicated. Because of the King's illness, it remains to be seen whether there is a point to it all.

And, after all, nobody asked what Lady Valentia thought about the whole situation.

Can this unwilling bride give her life and love away to a leper? And what is that which makes her the only one who could?

Something far more sinister than a disease lurks ahead. Factions and alliances will either cooperate or sow discord. With such chaos, even the most unlikely of alliances may not be out of reach for this Kingdom.

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King Baldwin IV x OC || This is a long-fic and slow-burn so that's why the pace is so "slow"

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