In the Ice Emperor’s Birdcage

Story:

Read In the Ice Emperor’s Birdcage / Kōri no Kōtei no Torikago no Naka de / 氷の皇帝の鳥籠の中で Her eyes were once described as the brightest star shining in the night sky. Princess Rowena of the Bennett Empire—beloved by all. But her days of happiness did not last. At the age of fifteen, Rowena was accused of murdering her half-sister and lost the position she had held until then. Afterward, she endured days of hardship and suffering. Five years later, however, a message arrived: Finlay, the emperor of the enemy nation Osborne, would welcome Rowena to his land. He had seized the throne with his own hands by killing his father, the former emperor. Though Rowena and Finlay had spent their childhood together like siblings, the shadows of the past kept Rowena from being honest with him, while Finlay, whose hands were stained with sin, hesitated to reach out and touch her. And so, the gears of fate between the two—once misaligned—begin to turn once more.