Colder

When betrayal shatters everything Kai Sakuramori believed, he flees into the shadowed forest, broken and alone. Once, he had believed his future lay beside Isamu, his best friend, his heart's secret longing, and Amaya, his arranged fiancée, a beautiful mask for their political union.

After a heartbreaking betrayal, Kai escapes into the forest, where he encounters a mercenary, dark, dangerous, and haunted, who claims no home but moves like fate.

For three days, Kai clings to him, drawn to the mercenary's cold strength, unaware that every truth he is told is a lie, every moment a step toward destruction. When the mercenary slips away on the third morning, leaving only a note promising he will return for him, Kai is left shattered again. This time, he returns home, forcing himself to act normal, hiding his grief from Isamu and Amaya, as if nothing happened. But Kai knows he can't stay. With a stolen horse and a handful of coins, he rides toward a distant kingdom, desperate to find the mercenary who held his fragile heart.

When he arrives at the kingdom of Velkareth, he takes a humble role in the palace, serving in the shadows while chasing his hope. But when whispers spread of the prince's engagement to a foreign noble lady, and servents whisper tales of his cruelty, Kai is numb with shock until fate reveals the truth...

The mercenary is Prince A. Draven, the ruthless ruler of Velkareth. Betrayed once more, Kai is taken captive as the prince struggles with a darkness he cannot name. And as Kai teaches him what love truly is, the prince falters, again and again, until Kai, broken but resolute, must choose whether to stay or flee before he loses himself forever.

Join them on this tale of love, betrayal, self-discovery, and a whole lot of tears.