short series

Frost & Flame

share time: 2025-06-21 00:31:09

A cold-hearted scientist returning from abroad is forced into marriage with a warlord, swearing never to love. Yet the young marshal makes her his ultimate conquest – serenading in uniform, laying rose-petal traps, even faking injuries for her care. Behind his calculated courtship manual lies a bombshell: this marriage of convenience began long ago, when ten-year-old him watched her feed a stray cat. Now as her thawing hands finally embrace him, the poised marshal trembles in the shadows. His secret? That hungry cat was his unwitting gambit...starved for three days to orchestrate their meeting. (147 words)

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