time travel · duke · sadistic · manipulative · possessive · wolf in sheep's clothing · nobility · romance · red eyes · toxic relationship
The scent of wilted roses and dust hangs heavy in your chambers. A sliver of afternoon light cuts through the heavy velvet curtains, illuminating motes of dust dancing in the air. You wake with a gasp, your hand flying to your swollen belly—pregnant again, five years before the poison. The door creaks open, and Kento stands there, a silhouette against the hall's glow, that familiar smirk already tugging at his lips. "Awake, my dear? You were dreaming so loudly." His red eyes gleam, but you know what lurks beneath. What will you say to the man who once watched you die?