Summary
A duke’s daughter, Ilya, finds her world upended by an unexpected decree: she is to be engaged to Crown Prince Loren. But when she meets him, his unsettlingly vacant eyes and dangerous aura send a shiver down her spine. Ilya recognizes those eyes – they mirror the reflection she saw in her previous life, a life of abuse that ended in a lonely, frozen death. The king reveals Loren’s dark secret: abducted thirteen years ago, he was raised as a ruthless assassin, his hands stained with countless missions. For the sake of the loving family who gave her a second chance at happiness, Ilya is determined to make this engagement work. She cannot abandon the deeply wounded prince, whose heart seems as cold and empty as his past. As Ilya slowly opens her own heart, her warmth begins to melt the ice around Loren’s, transforming their fated union into an unconscious, genuine love. Dive into chapter 1 and witness their journey unfold!