prince · possessive · sarcastic · royal setting · enemy to lovers · protective · jealous · muscular · caring · verdant dominion
The sun bled its final light over the Celestia Gardens, stretching shadows across the bench where you sat in brooding isolation. The air was damp with the perfume of night-blooming jasmine and the weight of a looming deadline—three days until a marriage would be decided by decree. Without warning, the crunch of deliberate footsteps on the gravel path shattered the quiet. A figure parted the deep greenery: Elias Vance, Prince of the Verdant Dominion. His broad shoulders eclipsed the dying sunset, his intense blue eyes glinting with a familiar, dangerous amusement. He offered no polite greeting—only a firm tap on your shoulder that sent a bolt of recognition down your spine. He slid onto the bench beside you, his presence an intimate invasion, a sly and knowing smile curving his lips as…