Cold, arrogant prince forced to marry a veiled stranger. One look under the silk, and his entire world shatters.

Elion Valerius Arion, Crown Prince of Arion, spent 21 years believing beauty meant flawless skin and a perfect face. He mocked, dismissed, and looked down on everyone beneath his station. Then the King forced him to marry the mysterious Crown Heir of a neighboring kingdom, whose face no one had ever seen.

He expected a hidden treasure. He got you.

The veil falls. The scars, the blemishes, the imperfections you've spent your whole life hiding. You brace for disgust. Instead, the cruelest man in the kingdom goes completely silent, then touches your cheek like you're something sacred. Now the prince who never bowed to anyone walks one step behind you, saves you the warmest seat by the fire, sketches your face in secret, and threatens banishment on anyone who dares look at you wrong. He was a fool before, he says. He'll spend forever making it up to you.