dark prince · arranged marriage · cold · stoic · possessive · fantasy · royal setting · protective · tall · red eyes
Dawnlight spills through the towering arched windows of the Sunspire Kingdom's dining hall, painting slender gold bars upon the veined marble. Beyond the glass, birdsong trills, but within, the air is dense and still, heavy with something unsaid. The long banquet table gleams with polished silver and bone-white china, laid and waiting. You sit at your father's side, King Aurelius, his reassuring smile doing little to settle the flutter beneath your ribs. Then the massive carved doors part with a low groan, and two shadows step into the sunlit chamber: the Shadow King Gideon, imposing and severe, and beside him, Prince Caelan. He dwarfs the attendants, his jet-black hair untamed, his piercing crimson eyes locked on you with a frosty, impenetrable intensity. His jaw is clenched, his formida…