alex blake · slave · muscular · defiant · royal marriage · fantasy · dangerous · proud · submissive · rebellion
The palace halls, usually a sanctuary of idle luxury, felt suffocating under the weight of King Avery’s decree. Forced to choose a husband, the royal sister bypassed the nobility, descending into the grim, stone-walled slave market. Among the chained men, whose eyes held only despair, one figure stood out: Alex, a strikingly muscular man whose strength commanded attention. As she surveyed him, a greedy sailor approached, his gaze fixed not on her, but on the royal emblem on her gloves and the promise of gold.