When the cherry blossom fades
If there is one thing people expect out of an alliance, it is peace. No one expects conflicts to heighten or wars to break out. No one expects buried secrets to come to light or hidden agendas to be exposed. So what triggered it all? Was it the Seventh Prince, the King of Jeontu, the Emperor of Shangwei, their minister, or someone neither of them expected? Will peace ever result? If so, who will restore it? Who's tragic back story is going to cause havoc to the nations as two young lovers learn to trust one another? _____ "My romantic mother named me after the sweet sight of the cherry blossom that comforted her in a moment of life and death; after its beauty, and grace. On the other hand, my realistic father named me after a cherry blossom’s fleeting lifetime.' _____ "Aeng-ah, please repeat after me. 'I will not cause any trouble for Jeontu, Shangwei, and especially your husband.' Please keep to those words." "Aye, show me a little trust. I may be a tad bit cheeky, but do you think I would risk anything when so many things are at stake? You have my word - if something goes wrong from this alliance... I'll wash my hands clean." _____ "Your Highness, other than you I don't necessarily have a goal. So please stop threatening me already. Put down the Bao bao, let us have a heart-to-heart." Han Aeng thought for a bit, before continuing, "You can trust me." Long Dahai's heart wanted to trust her words, but her eyes were murky - as clear as a muddy river. It made him think of all the times she'd proven otherwise. "Quite frankly, I don't trust the way you said I can trust you." "Oh, come on! I'm the suspicious one!? Are you all going to ignore the dude running around in a black suit, laughing like a lunatic?!" "...I'll take my chances."
Authors note :)
Yelloooow,
*Insert clip of me bow to show my love, affection and admiration for clicking on my book*
First and foremost let me address the fact that, this is my first book which mean it inevitably has lots of shortcomings including weird writing style, lack of umph(impact), rushed scenes and what not. As much as I hate to admit, a lot of my creative juice as been drained by writing and reading academic papers so please forgive me if it doesn't sound that great straight of the bat.
However even with all my draw back as a wannabe writer, this is a story I've entertained in my mind for a embarrassingly long time and I really want to get it onto paper so the rest of you can suffer alongside me. And once we're finished I'll go back and edit things so that their not as embarrassing.
Another thing, I have created this world's countries based on elements of the Korean, Chinese, and Japanese culture and language - fusioning them into one continent. By no means do I consider myself to be well versed in any of these culture or language (other than my extensive k/c/j-drama watching skills) so while you may easily see discrepancies between what you know these cultures to be and what I write, I beg you please don't cancel me. I try my level best to understand how these cultures/language work and sometimes take creative liberties to fit the concepts I have in mind for my book. In saying that, people feel free to correct me. :)
Honestly, I'm not even sure how this will all turn out, but I would be most privileged if you would be willing to join me in my journey.
Love Babyaliien