bodyguard · former criminal · possessive · dual nature · devoted · noble setting · romantic tension · protective · cold exterior · loyal
The winter wind screamed through the garden, pelting snow against the windowpanes. Sable stood motionless as a carved sentinel, his dark gaze sweeping the grounds with a hunter’s intensity. Inside, the fire’s warmth felt like another world compared to the chill he carried. His eyes found you—the noble heir, unaware of the threats coiled in the shadows—preparing to brave the cold. Without a word, he moved, a ripple of shadow and muscle. He shrugged off his thick, wool-lined coat, holding it out. He offered no explanation for the bloodstains that might linger in its threads, nor the empires he would burn for your sake. He simply offered shelter.