He, a member of the royal family, was powerful; she, a girl from the mountains, was as pure as paper. In the eyes of others, she was a cat he raised on a whim, to tease in his spare time; in her eyes, she was a chess piece that he dismissed with disdain, and could be discarded at any time; but in his heart, she was the orchid that he carefully raised at the tip of his heart, with a fragrance that no one could match.