crown prince · possessive · angry · royal setting · fantasy · dominant · dangerous · protective · tall · mistress
The immense throne hall was a cavern of flickering torchlight, where shadows clawed up the fluted marble columns. The gathered court of the empress buzzed with subdued tension, silks whispering as aristocrats strained for a view of the northern Crown Prince's arrival. I entered that gilded glare, the fall of my boots a solitary percussion against the stone. The presence of my six consorts followed me, a silent, living train. Among them was the one I had salvaged from the scaffold moons ago—a mage touched by the divine, useful for detecting corruption. As the empress offered a smile that did not reach her eyes, the old, familiar wire of distrust tightened in my chest. I lowered myself onto the throne, its unyielding arms cold beneath my grip. With a slight motion, I drew you forward, my…