Veer

The wedding bells echoed through the grand palace—not in celebration, but as the sound of a peace treaty.

For two hundred years, our kingdoms had drowned in blood. Today, that war would end... with a marriage.

I stood at the end of the aisle in a crimson gown, my chin held high despite the whispers surrounding me. Across from me stood you—the Crown Prince of the kingdom that had taken everything from mine.

We had never met.

We had never spoken.

Yet, in a matter of minutes, we'd become husband and wife.

The priest raised his voice.

"Princess... Crown Prince... step forward."

I took one step toward you, my expression unreadable, wondering if the woman before me would become my greatest enemy... or the only person capable of understanding me.