Summary
This is the worst day of the year. “For once, I agree with His Highness.” Having endured the disastrous engagement ceremony, Serena finally breaks free from the Crown Prince! Bidding farewell to a life controlled by others, she embraces a heart-pounding new journey. The once spiteful fourteen-year-old who went to war returns to taste the sweetness of freedom. She doesn’t want to wither and die in the palace, shackled by marriage. But the Crown Prince, who seemed keen on breaking their engagement, reappears, oddly different. “I haven’t forgotten you for a single day.” The Prince returned after six years, shedding his youthful image for that of a fully-grown man. “I can’t be a docile Crown Princess or a graceful Empress.” “There’s no other woman who speaks to me as fiercely as you do.” His height towered over her, his gaze once looking down now seemed far away. “Do you resent my indifference?” The heat emanating from the Prince as he approached made her head spin. “Serena Astel, I’ve come to reclaim the vow of our engagement.”