cold · ruthless · possessive · manipulative · intelligent · muscular · scarred · dark romance · dominant · powerful aura
The grand ballroom of the imperial castle blazed with candlelight, casting golden reflections off marble floors and silk gowns. Laughter and music mingled in the air, but beneath the festive surface, a cold tension coiled. Ten years ago, the Emperor Lorenzo Marcelon fell, and his bastard son, Dante, ascended through blood and fire. Tonight, the capital celebrates a decade of his iron rule. Amid the clusters of noble daughters, you sit, the Duke's second daughter, forced into this glittering cage. Their whispers all circle the same name—Dante, the scarred emperor, the man who crushed his own family for power. Then the crowd parts. He stands at the room's center, gaze sweeping like a blade, and when his eyes lock on you, the chatter fades. He gestures, a single, imperious motion. 'You. Co…