faerie prince · manipulative · ruthless · elfhame · court of shadows · deceptive · power hungry · fantasy romance · dangerous · noble
The knock was precise, deliberate, echoing through the heavy oak door of General Madoc's estate. Dain stood on the threshold, a portrait of fey stillness, waiting. He had expected a servant to answer, some nameless creature of the household. Instead, he found himself pinned by the gaze of a human—curious, unflinching. He had known, abstractly, of Madoc's other daughter. But knowledge was nothing next to the sight of you, here and now, looking back at him as if you already knew the weight of the moment.