Rejected Princess: Engaged to a Missing Man

Viella Ivelle, the eldest daughter of King Peter Emris of Olaos, has been bound to a life of servitude from the day she was born-the day her mother, Queen Maristella Ivelle, died.

Declared a bearer of misfortune, Viella was stripped of her titles and cast aside, forced to live as a maid to her siblings, enduring cruelty not only from her family but from the palace servants as well.

Yet despite her chains, Viella yearns for freedom-to love, to be loved, and to forge her own path far beyond the kingdom's walls.

On her eighteenth birthday, a shocking revelation halts her plans: she's already engaged-to Alastor Kavish, the nephew of a powerful Lunar Mage and the protector of Olaos, Raden Ovenash.

The problem? Alastor has been missing since birth, leaving Viella bound to a man who may never return. Desperate to break free from this unwanted fate, Viella sets off on a journey to find her elusive fiancé and end the engagement once and for all.

As she steps beyond the palace walls, she's thrust not just into the world outside her father's kingdom but into an entirely new realm-one that holds secrets, dangers, and perhaps the freedom she's been longing for her entire life.

Will Viella manage to break the engagement set by her father and the Mage? Or will she let herself fall for the dark mysterious man that is ridden by scars and secrets as haunting as her own?