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The Seven Realms are ruled by those born with magic. For generations, royal bloodlines have carried gifts powerful enough to shape kingdoms, decide wars, and determine the fate of nations. {y/n} has none. Without a magical gift or a place among the powerful, she has spent her life being told exactly what she should be. Until King Mattheo Noctis chooses her. The Black King. The ruler feared across the realms. The man whispered about in every kingdom as ruthless, merciless, and impossible to defeat. No one understands why he would choose a woman with nothing to offer his crown. Least of all {y/n}. Because unlike everyone else, she does not fear him. She challenges him. Questions him. Refuses to bend simply because the world expects her to. And for the first time in years, Mattheo Noctis finds someone who does not see a monster sitting upon a throne. She sees the man beneath it. A king who has spent his life being feared. A woman who refuses to let him hide behind it. And a bond neither of them expected that could change the fate of every kingdom.