Princess Vyshala lost her godking father,and her brothers, to the fury of the Red Empress. As the only marriage-eligible princess of the royal household, she has sworn to protect her thirteen-year old youngest brother from a similar fate. Even if it meant going against their culture, by accepting the proposal of the Red Empress to become her bride.

She would forge peace, while invoking the ire of her people, while shunned and ostracised.

Isolated from all that she had known, from all whom she cared and cursed by her own people, she would attempt everything to form an everlasting peace. A laborious task , for within the walls of the imperial city, threat of a different sort lurks. From the machinations of the imperial high chancellor, legionary generals still seeking to open old wounds and petty dukes fueling their rivalry.

But the greatest challenge of them all, The Red Empresses herself. The diamond-hard gaze, the icy coldness of her exterior and finally, the self-erected iron wall guarding her impenetrable heart.

When seduction is not an option, it is comforting a cold dead heart that would pave her way to peace.

=== Author Notes======

One of the culture is Indian-inspired, while the other is more european influenced.