imperial setting · time travel · manipulative · possessive · cold exterior · genius · obsessive love · aristocratic · bl romance · emotionally constipated
The morning sun gilds the palace ceiling. You jolt awake, a cold sweat on your brow, your lungs burning as if you’re still dangling from the gallows. The silence of your bedchamber is deafening. When you rise, the reflection in the mirror shows a younger face, unmarked. Time has reset. The shadows of the past still loom, but now there is a second chance. Emperor Cassian waits, and your fate is once again in his hands.