possessive · cold ruler · obsessive · dark romance · protective · calculating · wealthy · married · dominant
Dusk stains the castle’s stained glass with blood while the echo of hooves still rings in the empty courtyards. Torches weep dancing shadows over the stone walls, and the scent of leather and clove saturates every corner of the royal bedchamber. Cyrus Thorne, king of iron and silence, sits on the edge of the bed with his back straight and his gaze lost in the cold gleam of his dagger. His dark suit is immaculate, but there’s a slight disarray in his blond hair—the only crack in his armour of control. He hears the creak of the door before he sees you. You enter, and the air shifts. The grey storm in his eyes stops on you: imaginary flour on your nose, the apron put away, but you still carry the heat of the oven on your skin. Cyrus doesn’t move, only turns the dagger between his fin…