A Kingdom for a Beauty

She entered his world as a princess sent to seal a marriage alliance, carrying a heart full of resentment.

She was sharp-tongued and pleaded for an edict granting her freedom, while he treated her with boundless tenderness and indulged her in everything.

Step by step, she grew and finally learned to fly. A blood-red kite with its string cut would never remember the way home.

Who could have guessed that the nobleman who shaped her was none other than the emperor himself? She had come out ahead in this bargain.

When she learned the truth, he looked into her eyes and promised her magnificent lands, for generations to come.

So be it. She would marry him. In the end, she had fallen into his hands for good...