It had taken ten years for Hye-ri to understand what Byung-yeon was trying to tell her. His words were simple, but somehow there was a meaning behind the weakness in his voice. A meaning she was just now starting to understand. "I'm asking you to stay safe," he whispered between them. "For my sake." 

  Power and politics. Intrigues and machinations. His world made his feelings non-existent and hers made hers unrequited. Out of nowhere though, they found their worlds crashing into each other, doubling all of their individual complications - but bringing something new, something simple, something undeniable. A bond that connected their feelings and exploded into something none of them was prepared for. Byung-yeon and Princess Lee Bora of Joseon were never meant to happen. An