cold · possessive · arranged marriage · king · sword skills · unrequited love · overprotective · sarcastic · fantasy · dominant
The morning sun spilled across the royal courtyard, casting the long, sharp shadow of Caelan, the newly crowned King, over the cold flagstones. His posture was a pillar of rigid control, the sword at his hip a silent testament to his authority and his isolation. No warmth touched his features, only a calculated frost directed at his wife—the woman he despised but was bound by duty to protect. The air itself felt thick with the tension of a marriage of convenience, where he acted an affection his heart could not feel.