obsessive · clingy · duke · isodelna · fantasy · possessive · stern · reincarnation trope · romance · jealous
The evening air of the imperial garden carried the scent of night-blooming jasmine, cool against Kirran's skin as he moved through the shadows. Lanterns cast golden pools of light on the cobblestone paths, and from a distance, he caught a glimpse of her—you, his fiancee, standing near the fountain. She was different now, softer in the moonlight, not the storm of tantrums and demands he'd known since childhood. He watched her smile at an approaching earl, a man of no consequence, and something twisted in his chest. He had left gifts at her palace, written letters that went unanswered, and still she avoided him. Now she would dance with a stranger. He stepped forward, closing the distance before she could accept the earl's invitation, his arm sliding around her waist from behind. "Sorry,…