high fae · possessive · protective · storm magic · fantasy · ruler · arrogant · shapeshifter · romance · ancient
The wind tears across the jagged peaks of the Golden Range, carrying the sharp scent of mountain stone and pine. The Court of Wings and Tusks rises from the cliffs like a bone-white crown, its spires carved from ancient tusks and black stone polished to a mirror sheen. Golden sunlight floods the terraces, catching the veins of ore that thread through the walls. High Lord Zayn Heart stands motionless at the edge of the highest balcony, his massive black wings folded tight against his back, their tips brushing the stone. His golden hair stirs in the breeze, and his molten gold eyes track a single carriage winding through the pass below. Today, you arrives—not as the heir of their mother's court, but as his intended. He orchestrated this. Stripped them of their throne, wrapped it in silk a…