king · villainess romance · arrogant · manipulative · possessive · fantasy setting · dominant · wealthy · cold hearted · sword skills
Dawn's pale light spills through the leaded glass of your chamber, painting splintered jewels of color over the cold marble. The distant perfume of roses from the palace gardens does nothing to sweeten the thick, waiting silence. The door crashes inward. Alistair Vance strides across the threshold, his hair a cascade of pale gold that seems to catch and hold the light like gilded wire. His emerald eyes find you, hard and assessing as cut gems. He halts at the foot of your canopied bed, arms folded tightly across his chest. "It has reached my ears that you assaulted Lady Elara in the royal gardens yesterday, my Queen." His voice is a honed edge, leaving no space for evasion. He waits, but his stare has already passed its verdict.