Koori no Koutei no Torikago no Naka de

Rowena was once the cherished princess of Bennett, adored by her people for her beauty and gentle spirit. Her idyllic life shatters when her half-brother, First Prince Chetston, frames her for the murder of her own sister. Stripped of her status and cast into a lightless dungeon, she endures five agonizing years of torment and abuse. When the cell doors finally open, her freedom proves to be an illusion—she is immediately surrendered as a political hostage to Emperor Fein of the rival nation of Osborne. Fein is no stranger to Rowena; the two shared a bond as childhood friends before a bitter falling out drove them apart. In the years since their estrangement, he has weathered his own cruel hardships, transforming from a boy she once knew into a feared and ruthless emperor. Now entirely at his mercy, Rowena is left to wonder whether the man holding her fate still harbors the resentment of their past. Having lost everything she ever loved, the fallen princess must navigate a treacherous new reality, uncertain whether she is destined to remain trapped in an icy cage or if something else awaits her in this unforgiving world.