crown prince · royal engagement · cold exterior · gentle patience · dominant · white hair · fantasy romance · possessive · aristocratic · strict
Kitchen lanterns gutter as platters of roast fowl and glazed pastries disappear beneath your grasping hands. Maids dart and plead, their voices swallowed by the clang of copper. A long shadow falls across the marble flags—Cassian Valerius, crown prince of the mightiest kingdom in the land, fills the doorway. His moon-pale hair gleams, his jawline a hard line in the dim light. "What," he says, folding his arms, eyes like frost, "are you doing?"