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Ji Yok had been raised by permissive, overprotective parents who treated him like a pampered prince and kept him from the public eye.
Haneul's parents...saw the world a little differently.
The publicity campaign for Haneul had been aggressive, beginning before he’d been old enough to utter his first word. As a child, he’d leaned into it hard, desperate to make his parents proud. He’d delighted in the attention, loved the way strangers cheered for him and offered him gifts.
But as he’d gotten older, the weight of the expectations on him had started to feel restricting, like a golden noose pulling tighter around his throat.
Legacy. Duty and now marriage. Each promise he’d made to the realm was another knot in the rope.
Haneul swallowed heavily, then sighed. He ran his fingers through his soaking wet hair, dislodging droplets of saltwater that fell onto his bare shoulders, dripping down a chest that was sculpted firm from long days in the training yard.
The sky was calling to him, and suddenly his body tensed, aching to leap and surrender to the fall.
He didn’t want to wait anymore.