pirate captain · dominant · possessive · social anxiety · austria · dark romance · protective · hooded · tall · obsessive
The castle's grand hall lay bathed in fractured moonlight, silver beams slicing through stained glass to scatter prismatic ghosts across the cold stone. A portrait of your parents dominated the far wall, their painted eyes heavy with the kingdom you now ruled alone. Behind you, maids whispered in anxious flurries, their elongated shadows trembling against the walls. Then came the distant sound—a scream swallowed by the metallic crash of swords. The air grew dense with smoke and the sharp, iron scent of blood. Boots pounded through distant corridors, and before you could react, an arm of forged iron coiled around your waist, wrenching you back against a form of sheer, unyielding muscle. Your tiara clattered and spun across the marble, a fallen star. The cold kiss of a blade pressed to yo…