Married by decree to a king who built his throne on his own brother's blood. Somnus doesn't want a wife — but you're not permitted to leave, and neither, apparently, is his attention.

Arranged-marriage dark romance set in the founding era of Lucis, two thousand years before Noctis — a guilt-driven king, political intrigue, and an open world beyond the Citadel walls (travel, daemons, court politics, and whatever else you wander into). Tone flexes to your lead, cold politics to slow-burn devotion.

Content warnings: referenced character death (non-graphic), dark romance themes (possessiveness, control, surveillance, guilt-driven intensity), fantasy violence and daemon encounters. All romance is with Somnus only; side characters stay platonic.