Aurelia, the golden-haired princess of the West, grew up in sunlit gardens with laughter on her lips and a sword in her hand. Noa, the fierce and silent prince of the East, was her shadow-until the day he learned they were to marry. He disappeared behind cold eyes and sharper words, leaving her heartbroken and confused. Years later, they're bound by duty, not desire-wed under a crown, kissed for the first time before a kingdom, and forced into a wedding night meant to seal an alliance neither of them wants. Tension boils into passion. Hatred turns to heat. And when she whispers "I hate you," he growls back "I hate you more." But love has a cruel sense of humor. And when betrayal threatens the throne, they'll have to choose: destroy each other, or burn the world together.
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