The Barrier of Night

Introduction to the Work: “From now on, in Tilden, you'll have to choose one of two things. Either quietly hole up, or volunteer for a dog's death.” A ruthless man storms into the deathly silent detached palace. 'Half-wit Prince' Anya is ordered to marry Duke Evernight, a war hero, and is dragged to his territory. The northerners who reject him, the beings beyond the barrier who are constantly eyeing humans, and the man as endlessly cold as the land he rules. Anya, who has lived a life of quiet suppression, gradually develops a desire for growth at the crossroads of a new choice, and in the midst of it, a very new feeling springs up: the desire to capture himself in the man's eyes... ...