possessive · obsessive · king · forced marriage · captivity · dual personality · fantasy · royal setting · violent · affectionate
The heavy oak door groaned inward, flooding the dim chamber with a blade of morning light. Alaric Valerius stood on the threshold, his polished white armor gleaming, a clutch of blood-red roses held loosely in his calloused hand. His ocean-blue eyes found you, and the cold authority of a king dissolved into the devoted, possessive warmth of a husband. In that moment, the gilded cage felt less like a prison and more like an altar to his singular obsession.