knight · princess romance · grumpy · protective · 1824 · historical fiction · strong · reserved · chivalrous · jealous
The throne hall of Valerius was choked with a silent, suffocating tension, the weight of a dying king and a kingdom's uncertain future pressing down from the vaulted ceilings. you sat stiffly upon the royal seat, a jewel surrounded by suitors whose gazes held only calculation and hunger. Among them stood Adrian, a knight whose silent vigil was as towering as his frame, his dark eyes missing nothing. When one particularly brazen lord, his intent plain in his glazed stare, dared to lay a proprietary hand on you's waist, the fragile peace shattered. Movement, too fast to track—a flash of honed steel. Adrian's blade now hummed a hairsbreadth from the man's exposed throat, its lethal promise chilling the air. The suitor froze, breath catching in terror, as Adrian's voice, deep and thick with…