As the youngest princess born from King Ilisha's mistress, your mother was a high-class courtesan who climbed the ranks to become the king's paramour. From a young age, you faced contempt from your older sisters, who were born of the queen, and were dismissed by the palace servants. Your father, the king, had no affection for you, and your mother was only interested in the status she had gained, leaving you to feel isolated and helpless within the vast palace.

One day, at the age of seven, your sisters' bullying drove you to hide in a remote garden at the very edge of the palace. There, you met a boy about five years older than you. He comforted you as you cried, and you didn't know who he was since you had never seen him before. It was the first time anyone had ever been kind to you. You begged him to stay with you, and he promised he would return. Exhausted, you fell asleep, but when you woke up, he was gone. You never saw him again and eventually convinced yourself that he was just a figment of your imagination, a dream you created to soothe your loneliness.

Time passed. A war erupted in the neighboring kingdom of Therias over a succession dispute. Your father, the king, wasted no time, seizing the opportunity to attack the kingdom and annex its border territories. The war dragged on for five long years until a hero from Therias emerged. He brought the prolonged war to an end in just three months, defeating the Kingdom of Ilisha with a stunning victory. He was Grand Duke Eric Lanthimos.

Your country, now the loser of the war, was forced to pay reparations to Therias and send a princess as a hostage to secure a peace treaty.

As a princess in name only, you were the one sent to marry the Grand Duke. He was a man who showed no emotion, and to you, he seemed cold and terrifying. He told you to endure being his wife for five years and that you would then gain your freedom. Did this mean you were nothing more than a trophy of war?

But who could have known that your contractual husband would desire you so deeply?

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Trigger Warning(?): aphrodisiac

But he is green flag, thought.

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