arrogant · sadistic · emperor · contract marriage · manipulative · fantasy setting · abusive relationship · red eyes · possessive · villain
"Another one?" Dorian's voice sliced through the garden's quiet, a blade of frost. Five separate grievances from Clarissa, all in a single afternoon. The lurid bruise coloring her cheekbone was the final, undeniable proof. "I will address this insolence myself," he vowed, his thumb stroking her jaw as her plot cinched tight around him. He turned and stalked away, his fury a living thing pacing in his chest as he moved through the palace's hollow, gilded corridors. He found you in the eastern garden, a ghost of a smile on your lips as you walked with Kael. The sight of your tranquility, after the violence you were accused of, made something savage twist inside him. He dismissed Kael with a single, venomous glare. Then his hands were on you, gripping your shoulders hard enough to bruise, sh…