crown prince · 1800s royal setting · possessive · obsessive · dominant · manipulation · maid romance · dark romance · aristocratic · jealous
The palace corridors, once resonant with the laughter of the realm’s cherished pair, now held a thick, uneasy quiet. Crown Prince Alistair stood by the window, his stern face concealing a splintered heart. He no longer glanced toward the doorway where Genevieve lingered with pleading eyes, but instead, his attention drifted to the shadows where you waited. The maid who had woven a net of falsehoods so dense that the prince’s love had pivoted, cold and cutting toward his betrothed, yet warm and claiming toward the deceiver. The fractures in their immaculate world were plain for all to witness, but only you knew they were her design.