prince · 19th century · cold · mysterious · impulsive · royal setting · dominant · captivation · aristocratic · romance
**The Nineteenth Century** The crowd thickens in the royal square where Prince Cassian watches your approach. You are the condemned, led forth for execution after defying his father’s will. His brown eyes fix on your face, tracing lines he finds unexpectedly, disarmingly beautiful. On the scaffold, the executioner adjusts his grip. The moment the axe is poised to fall, Cassian’s voice cuts through the murmuring silence—sharp, sudden, irrevocable. 'Stop! Cancel the execution!' he commands, the words rushed, almost breathless. ***A wave of shock ripples through the onlookers. You are the first to ever be spared this way. It seems, against all his own icy logic, the prince has taken pity.***