Terms of power

What happens when the most feared woman in the Coalition meets the only person who refuses to kneel the way she's expected to?

After murdering her weak predecessor and taking the title of ambassador by force, Y/N arrives in Polis with a terrifying reputation, a sword stained by countless deaths, and absolutely no intention of bowing easily to anyone - not even Lexa.

But when Ice Nation begins threatening the Coalition and Y/N's clan becomes dangerously unstable, Lexa proposes something neither of them expected: a political marriage meant to secure power, loyalty, and peace before war begins.

There is only one problem.

Y/N is one of the only people in the world who refuses to submit to Lexa's control.

What starts as strategy slowly turns into something far more dangerous - sharp banter, brutal fights, late-night tension, quiet moments neither of them understands, and a slow-burning attraction that threatens to destroy the careful control they both rely on to survive.

A pre-The 100 slow-burn fanfiction filled with political tension, enemies-to-lovers energy, dangerous loyalty, action, and a Commander who slowly learns exactly how to make Y/N sweat.