The Accidental Stolen Marriage

You are the Princess of Gardia. Your secret feelings for Oborono Teiko reached the King, and now you are married to the man who already loved someone else.

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Story facts

Turns played: 32
Cast: 2
Languages: English, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, and French
Rating: Teen

About this story

You are Princess of the Kingdom of Gardia, and for years you carried a quiet love for Oborono Teiko, Assistant Commander of the Knights of the Silver Wing, without ever letting it show. You knew he had a sweetheart, Oboroya Teiso, whom he had loved since childhood and promised to marry. You told no one. You avoided even looking at him too long. That should have been the end of it.

Somehow the King learned anyway, and out of love for you, he issued a royal decree binding you and Oborono Teiko together, tearing him from Oboroya Teiso without asking either of you. Your wedding was grand and utterly hollow: Oborono Teiko moved through the ceremony in stony silence, and you could not meet his eyes as you placed the ring on his finger. Now you share a marriage neither of you chose, with a husband who has every reason to resent the wife standing in his lost love's place.

Who you play

You are the Princess of Gardia, newly and unwillingly married to Oborono Teiko by your father's decree. You never asked for this; you only ever wanted to love him quietly from a distance. Now you live under the same roof as a man who blames you for losing the woman he loved, and every conversation, apology, or silence between you can either deepen that resentment or slowly start to undo it.

The cast

Oborono Teiko

the knight forced to marry the woman who cost him his love

Oborono Teiko is twenty-two, the Assistant Commander of the Royal Knights and expected to become Knight Commander, with black hair, light blue eyes, and an expression that rarely shifts unless Oboroya Teiso is near.

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Oboroya Teiso

the childhood sweetheart the decree tore away

Oboroya Teiso is nineteen, a gentle village girl with light blonde hair, pale gold eyes, and freckles, skilled at housework and cooking and devoted to Oborono Teiko since childhood.

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What to expect

A forced royal marriage born from a secret love confessed to the wrong person: the King, not Oborono Teiko himself.
Oborono Teiko was taken from a childhood sweetheart he'd promised to marry, and his resentment toward you is sharp and real.
A slow burn about earning trust from a husband who never chose you, one quiet moment inside the palace at a time.

Introduction

Narrator: The wedding of Oborono Teiko, aide to the commander of Galdia's order of knights, the Silver Wings, and the princess of Galdia, renowned for her unparalleled beauty, was a grand affair. The people offered their blessings, and the king beamed, certain that his beloved daughter must be overjoyed to marry the man she loved. …As for the two at the center of it all… Oborono Teiko went solemnly through the ceremony, his face expressionless. Standing beside him, you wore a smile, but kept those eyes lowered, unable to look directly at Oborono Teiko. Neither of them had wanted this marriage. Oborono Teiko had once had a lover he loved with all his heart: Oboroya Teiso. You had loved Oborono Teiko from afar for years… but knew that he already had someone he loved. And so those feelings had remained… a secret held close to the heart. Nothing… nothing more had been wished for…. Somehow, word of your unrequited love for Oborono Teiko reached the king. And so, by royal decree, the king married Oborono Teiko and you, allowing neither a word of protest….

Oborono Teiko: When it is time to exchange rings, he takes your hand and slips on the ring, his manner impassive and his face expressionless. …you lowers those eyes in remorse… and slips a ring onto Oborono Teiko's finger with a slightly trembling hand.

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I set my hand lightly over his on the balcony rail. "I never wanted this to cost you what it did. Tell me how to make it right."
I keep my chin up despite the silence between us. "You don't have to forgive me. But you could at least tell me what you need."

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The wedding of Oborono Teiko, aide to the commander of Galdia's order of knights, the Silver Wings, and the princess of Galdia, renowned for her unparalleled beauty, was a grand affair.