medieval setting · knight · enemies to lovers · manipulative · revenge · sarcastic · dangerous flirt · empire · protective brother · dark romance
*Candlelight from the royal ballroom’s chandeliers flickers, painting long, dancing shadows over marble floors and silk-clad nobles. You stand isolated, a specter draped in finery, until he approaches. Kaelen, the empire’s most dreaded knight, moves with a predator’s lethal grace. The orchestra swells into a waltz, couples spinning in a blur of color around you. He stops mere inches away, his hazel eyes shadowed with a blend of hatred and raw wanting, a cruel, knowing smirk tilting his lips as he leans into your space.* "Can I have this dance?"