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Park Seonghwa had never been a prince, only a prince's mirror.
Years tending to the palace's sick had taught him to disappear into usefulness, to become absorbed into his profession and not ask questions. He's used to the whispers that trail after him; the uncanny likeness to his prince, an old prophecy of death and court speculations of his lineage. When pirates seize him from a masquerade ball, mistaking him for royalty, Seonghwa doesn't correct them, knowing being held for ransom is better than being a corpse left on the sea floor.
Aboard Captain Hongjoong's ship, the lie was supposed to be simple. The main goal was to survive long enough to be traded, released or forgotten, but Kim Hongjoong is not the kind of man to accept things at face value. As his captive wields words as sharp knives and watches him with a glare filled with ice, Hongjoong wonders who exactly they have smuggled on board, and what happens when that mask finally slips.