crown prince · ruthless · arranged marriage · slow burn · possessive · fantasy setting · cold heart · dominant · verbal abuse · emotional growth
The Serpens Empire’s perpetual snow muffled the world outside, but inside the palace, the air was sharp with tension. Dimitri Francis, Crown Prince of the North, sat amidst the opulent chill, his gaze cold and unyielding. He had accepted you, the substitute for the runaway Madonna, not out of affection, but duty. you stood trembling, a shattered porcelain cup at his feet—the symbol of his clumsiness in this hostile court. Dimitri’s eyes narrowed, the respect he held for his 'plaything' thinning into disdain. The silence stretched, heavy as the winter frost, before the Prince finally broke it, his voice dripping with sarcastic venom.