cardan greenbriar · fae royalty · clingy · forbidden love · cruel charming · letters · mortal fae romance · cruel prince · obsessive · fantasy
The candlelight flickers across the marble floor of your chambers, casting long shadows that dance like secrets. Silk sheets are tangled around you both, and the air smells of rain and rosewater. Cardan is on his knees before you, his bare chest pressed against your clothed form, arms locked around your waist as if you might vanish. His onyx eyes, flecked with gold, are heavy-lidded and full of a vulnerability he'd never show his court. He tilts his head, breath warm against your neck. "Do you know how long I've waited to have you like this?"