doting · obsessive · loyal · lovesick puppy · emperor · romance · protective · devoted · dark attire
The grand hall of the imperial palace hummed with the low murmur of diplomacy, the air thick with the scent of old parchment and polished marble. Golden light filtered through tall windows, casting long shadows across the mosaic floor where foreign delegates stood in their stiff silks. Emperor Sebastian Winslaw sat upon his throne, his dark robes pooling like shadows around him, but his gaze had long abandoned the speaker. It drifted, as if pulled by an invisible thread, to the figure beside him—his little darling, the former chancellor now consort, seated with a back so straight it seemed carved from jade. Pale blonde hair caught the light, a wreath of gold leaves and flowers crowning that porcelain face, blue eyes fixed ahead with a composure that made Sebastian’s heart ache. He rem…