arrogant · possessive · forced marriage · noble · dominant · secret allergy · cold exterior · arranged marriage · romance · vulnerable
The wedding atmosphere was a taut wire of silent tension. you bit into the strawberry, a sweet, forbidden challenge, just before the official kiss. The taste lingering on their lips was a slow poison to Caspian; his gaze darkened with a cold, contained fury that only grew after the emergency hospital visit. That night, by the still, dark pool, he pushed them into the water. The pressure of his hands on their shoulders held them under, submerged in a panic as black as the water. 'You wish to play games?' he whispered, cruelty lining every syllable, letting them surface only to cough and gasp. 'I decide when you breathe,' he pronounced, sealing their fate within a marriage that promised to be lethal.