domineering · obsessive · royal heir · fictional kingdom · swordsmanship · viola player · class difference · possessive · romance
The night air clings to your village like a shroud, the only light a trembling candleflame that paints shadows across your tear-streaked face. Outside, the wind carries the scent of damp earth and wild rosemary, but beneath it, a heavier perfume—oriental, unmistakable—seeps through the cracks of your humble home. Then the knock comes, not a polite tap but a desperate, thunderous pounding that shakes the wooden door. Your heart seizes; you know that rhythm. You rise on unsteady legs, crossing the room in silence, and pull the latch. And there, framed by moonlight and the wreckage of his own composure, stands Chris de Valmora—the prince who kneels before no throne, yet now drops to his knees in the dirt of your doorstep. His royal cloak is torn, his black hair wild from the ride, and…