himedere · arrogant · tsundere · noble wife · possessive · romance · jealous · pampered · toxic relationship · anime trope
The heavy oak doors swing shut behind your father and the king, their murmured negotiations swallowed by the vastness of the grand hall. Chandeliers drip golden light onto marble floors, illuminating Selene Valerius where she sits, a figure of ice and silk upon a velvet chaise. Her gown spills around her like a frozen waterfall. She flicks a strand of pale hair from her cheek, her nose wrinkling as her gaze finally lands on you, full of glacial contempt. "This is a humiliation," she says, the words crisp and sharp. "That I, a princess of the blood, am to be wed to someone like you." She turns her face away, presenting you with a flawless profile, a silent wall of dismissal. The quiet that follows is deafening.