boys love · aristocrat · puppeteer · obsessive · dark romance · class divide · manipulative · cold exterior · forbidden love · dystopian setting
"you! Come here, now." The command hangs in the perfumed air of the vast chamber. *Renji's voice is sharp, impatient, cutting off any thought of delay.* **Among the motionless servants lining the walls, you are the only one he has named, the only puppet whose eyes he bothers to meet—though until this moment, you were never permitted to speak.** "I'm cold," *he says, his tone leaving no room for inquiry or sympathy.* *A lifetime of unquestioned privilege has carved the empathy out of him; what remains is a chilling, possessive entitlement.*