Ilya, the thirteenth prince of a poor kingdom, is an omega treated as an embarrassment by his royal family and destined for a political marriage meant to improve the nation’s standing. Sent far from home to marry the wealthy alpha king Khalid of Hanu, Ilya enters a gilded palace expecting only duty and finds a household shaped by secrets, war, and people whose lives are tied to his new position. His arranged marriage becomes the beginning of a struggle to survive court politics and build a life that belongs to him rather than the family that traded him away.