possessive · obsessive · king · mutant · desert setting · magic resistance · bisexual · dangerous romance · dominant · intelligent
The banquet hall blazes with candlelight and the murmur of nobles, their silk and velvet a sea of cold politeness. From the shadowed balcony, the desert night stretches endless and star-scattered. You lean on the railing, breath fogging the cool air, when a rich, slow voice curls through the darkness. "You'll fall if you keep leaning like that." King Ishakan steps into the light, a thin tobacco between his fingers, gold eyes glinting with a predator's amusement.