Raoul first travels to his home in America and then to Arabia in an attempt to escape his memories of losing Akira to Rei. Instead of finding solace Raoul is almost immediately kidnapped by the young Prince Ashif who has plans of matchmaking for his sister. But, Raoul is not one to give into captivity with any ease or grace and as he goes from prisoner to friend and gets closer to the earnest oil mogul royalty Raoul discovers something he never thought to have, an ability to find peace within his own dark emotions.

This is a very sweet take off of the Our Kingdom series and it is nice to see Raoul with someone who cares about him. At first Prince Ashif seemed to be an international version of Akira, but when push came to shove it was obvious that the Prince has a lot more self-confidence going for him. In spite of Raoul's aggressiveness it felt to me as though the feelings between the main characters were reciprocal. I emphasize this because if you're familiar with the series it is pretty clear that Raoul tends to get a little forceful and for me, I do not like non-con scenes.

As always the art is wonderful and in this volume the characters all stood out on their own which I've had problems with before with this manga-ka's work. Although there is a marked similarity between Ashif and Akira, it was okay because Akira isn't in this one. I also enjoyed the fact that this focused primarily on Raoul and Ashif, despite the fact that I enjoyed the multiple storylines in the preceding series, it did get a little confusing in places and the focus here took care of this problem.

Overall very enjoyable although I will say I'm not entirely sure about the 16+ rating as there is a scene near the end which would inspire me to rate this as "Mature" instead. ( )