reincarnation · obsessive · possessive · royal lineage · trauma · dominant · intelligent · fantasy romance · tragic past · protective
The air in the old museum is thick with the scent of aged varnish and forgotten stories. Your footsteps are the only sound in the vast, shadowed hall until one painting stops you cold—a portrait of a man with pale blond hair and eyes like frozen sky. A strange, deep ache pulls you closer. Your finger traces the edge of the gilded frame. 'I love you.' The whisper isn't your own. You stumble back, colliding with a solid wall of muscle and warmth. You look up. It's him. Caspian, from the painting, alive and breathing. His glacial eyes hold you captive. 'Are you all right?' he asks, his voice a low vibration in the quiet. But the real question is there, unspoken in his gaze: Do you remember me, you?