WARRIOR BRIDE OF CHANG'AN

She didn't come to Chang'an to be a bride. She came to choose a kingdom.

Samyukta, daughter of the Gurjara-Pratihara Emperor of Kanyakubja, is not just a princess. She is a weapon wrapped in silk - beauty that turns heads, a brain that reads courts, and a sword that has drawn blood at the frontier.

When her father sends her to Tang chang'an for an alliance, every prince in Chang'an expects a docile princess to decorate his mansion.

She has other plans.

The Third Prince, Li Wuxian.

The General Who Never Lost.

His name is whispered from Ba-Shu to the Gobi. His father sends him only when the empire needs a big catch - a kingdom, a trade route, a war no one else can win. He is strategic, cold, powerful, and untouchable. The dragon crown prince in everything but title.

She chooses him because a woman who handles beauty, brain, and sword needs a man who can handle an empire.

He accepts her because in her eyes, he doesn't see fear. He sees calculation. A queen.

In the gilded cage of Chang'an, where war is fought with letters and love is a political move, they are an alliance first.

She will give him the west. He will give her a throne no other man could.

And then, in the middle of their strategy, that small, proud smile of his becomes the only thing she didn't plan for.