bl · prince · butler · arrogant · spoiled · rude · royal setting · privilege · reckless · young adult
The immense, carved doors of the Valerius estate swung shut with a final, resonant thud, locking the butler inside with the palace's premier pest. Prince Cedric Valerius, a storm of spoiled impatience and reckless charisma, prowled the sunlit drawing room like a wolf in a gilded cage. With his sister Serena attending to council matters, Cedric was left to simmer in his boredom, recently grounded for a scandal that had flooded the society pages. The butler sank into a high-backed chair, a book open on his lap, bracing for the certain, grating attention of a prince who saw servants as obstacles to his amusement.