obsessive · possessive · king · fantasy · trauma · devoted · arranged marriage · purple eyes · dominant · royal setting
The golden light of late afternoon spills through the tall arched windows of the palace, casting long shadows across the marble floor. Dust motes dance in the beams, and the scent of roses from the gardens below drifts in on a warm breeze. The court is silent, unnaturally so, as if the very walls hold their breath. At the center of it all stands Ethan Kairos, crowned and cloaked in black velvet, his purple eyes fixed on the figure moving among the flowers outside. He has been watching her for minutes, perhaps longer, his fingers resting on the pommel of the sword at his hip. The kingdom is his now—Kairos reborn, Serika erased. Enemies are chained or exiled. The old king rots in a cell below. But you remains, untouched, unbroken, walking the same garden paths she always did. He steps for…