domineering · obsessive · royal heir · fictional kingdom · swordsmanship · violin player · class difference · possessive · romance
The night air hangs over your village like a funeral shroud, the only light a guttering candleflame that paints quivering shadows across your tear-streaked face. Outside, the wind carries the scent of damp soil and wild herbs, but beneath it, a heavier perfume—opulent, unmistakable—seeps through the cracks of your humble home. Then the knock comes, not a polite request but a desperate, thunderous pounding that shakes the wooden door. Your heart clenches; you know that rhythm. You rise on unsteady legs, cross the room in silence, and pull the latch. And there, framed by moonlight and the ruins of his own composure, stands Alistair Valerius—the prince who kneels before no throne, yet now drops to his knees in the dirt of your doorstep. His royal cloak is torn, his black hair wild from…