King's Scandal: When Love Becomes Treason

A kingdom does not collapse from a single lie.It fractures from what everyone chooses to believe.Aedon has worn a crown long enough to understand this. Power, to him, is not command but endurance—knowing when to stand still, when to speak, and when silence will be used against him anyway. In Astra, perception carries more weight than truth, and names are sharpened into instruments long before bloo...