The crown prince of Sharibalte walks the lonely halls of his vast palace, his mother’s sanity lost, his brother turned against him, and his father, the king, dead. Ascending to the throne at last, the bold new ruler, now known as the Moonlight King, launches a war of conquest against the neighboring countries. Drunk on his victories, he demands the seaside nation of Péan hand over their twelfth princess as his consort—only to discover his new bride is still but a young girl…
