Here’s a refined, fiction-style description based on the first chapter you provided: "Chains of Frost and Fire" In the kingdom of Volturn, where alliances are forged through bloodlines and ambition, Prince Cid Volturn—the Cold Prince—has always stood apart. Born of the third queen and hardened by loss, Cid rejects the court’s demands for a political marriage, refusing to chain his fate to hollow vows. To him, love is a weakness, and duty is a cage. But fate often defies even the coldest heart. During an unremarkable ride through the lower city, Cid’s gaze falls upon a slave girl on the auction block. Lyra—pale as moonlight, with silver hair matted by dust and eyes like fractured starlight. Fierce, defiant, and drowning in sorrow. Without a second thought, Cid outbids the crowd, paying an outrageous price for a girl whose worth only he seems to recognize. Back at the palace, Lyra expects cruelty or indifference, but instead finds freedom in the most unlikely place: the heart of a prince who claims he seeks no love, only loyalty. When the king demands Cid marry for political gain, Cid makes an even bolder move—offering Lyra not servitude, but marriage. “You are the only soul in this court untouched by ambition,” Cid tells her. “If I must marry, let it be to someone who understands the cost of chains.” Bound by defiance and trust, they challenge the court’s expectations and the shadows that seek to tear them apart. Yet, as Lyra’s past resurfaces and Cid’s enemies close in, they must decide if love, fragile and unspoken, is enough to withstand a kingdom built on ice and betrayal. For in the coldest heart, even the smallest flame can spark a revolution.