𝐑𝐄𝐋𝐔𝐂𝐓𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐋𝐘 𝐘𝐎𝐔𝐑𝐒 | 𝐓. 𝐒𝐇𝐎𝐓𝐎

"Did you know?"
Your voice barely rises above a whisper, yet the room feels too small to contain it.

Shoto doesn't answer. He doesn't need to. The silence between you is the answer. One that hits harder than any decree.

Harder than your mother's voice when she told you the words that sealed your fate.

"You knew," you breathe, the betrayal cold and sharp as the ocean outside your borders. "You knew I'd be forced to marry you. And you said nothing."

His jaw tightens-fire flickering in his eyes, frost settling in his silence.

And for a moment, you hate him more than you've ever hated anyone.

IN WHICH a political war on the horizon forces Y/N of Aqualith into a marriage with Shoto of Regnier, a man she neither trusts nor wants. Bound by duty, manipulated by courts, and trapped in a union meant to produce an heir immediately, Y/N learns that the real enemy may not be the kingdoms around her; but the boy who kept the truth from her until it was far too late.

NOTE: I do not own any characters except Y/N and a few OC's, all other characters belong to Horikoshi.