At the End of Winter

“Johannes Reinhardt. Bear his child to cement the alliance.”

Eunice had fallen victim to Crown Prince Kalian’s blatant courtship, and was being sold like a pawn to the rumored ruler of the North who was known for his cruelty.

“Do you recognize me?”

The first words she heard from the man who had been called a monster on an unknown road with a fearful heart were strange.

“You look like you’ve been sold like a s*ave.”

“Isn’t that ……?”

The man who used to confuse people every time he opened his mouth managed to sway her heart…….

“I don’t like low posture.”

“Head up, shoulders back.”

“When we’re alone, call me by my first name.”

Was the king’s unexplainable affection for her a whim or sincerity?

Johannes remembered her from a faded memory.

Eunice could not remember them.

Their winter healing romance.