Polymer & Steel: The Engineer’s Kingdom
Waking up in a stranger's bed with arsenic in his gut and a terrified maid in his arms wasn't in the project specs. For a forty-year-old structural engineer from Earth, becoming Prince Valian is a logistical nightmare. The court wants him dead, his family is a nest of vipers, and his only ally is the woman framed to kill him.
But where others see a death sentence, Valian sees a renovation project.
Realizing the capital is a lost cause, Valian plays a desperate gambit: he trades his claim to the throne for the frozen, barbarian-infested Northern Borderlands. To survive the winter and the war, he needs a team. But he doesn't want polished knights or court ladies. He wants the outcasts. The broken. The discarded components of society that only he knows how to fix.
As he rebuilds the North with steel and science, he builds a circle of women who find their salvation in his bed and his blueprint:
Lena, The Devoted: The maid who woke up expecting execution. Valian didn't just save her life; he gave her agency. Now, she manages his castle and his secrets with a terrifying loyalty, ensuring that while the Prince works, his every physical need is met.
Princess Elara, The Fortress: A political bride mocked by the world for her size and weight. While other men looked away in disgust, Valian looked closer and saw a masterpiece of biomechanics. He is the only man to touch her with reverence, and in return, the "Heavy Princess" becomes his silent shadow, using her mass and stealth to crush anyone who threatens her husband.
Tessa, The Dynamo: A blacksmith’s slave deemed useless for her weak magic. Valian recognizes that her "magnetic twitches" are actually the key to electricity. He gives her a laboratory, a purpose, and the affection she was starved of. In his hands, she isn't a failure; she is the engine that will power a new age.
In the frozen North, Valian isn't just building a kingdom; he’s building a family. And for the women who the world threw away, there is nothing they won't do for the man who polished them into diamonds.
They are his tools, his lovers, and his weapons. And together, they will break the world.
