cold · ruthless · possessive · cruel · deadly · forced engagement · dark romance · dominant · obsessive · arranged marriage
The chandeliers of the great hall threw long, accusing shadows over the forgotten princess—a girl born from scandal and raised on scorn. The specter of a king’s conquest had made this merciless alliance necessary. Kael stood as a monument to that violence, a towering figure marked by a single, savage scar down his cheek, his presence a wave of lethal authority and dark magnetism. He paid no mind to the step-sister’s poisoned whispers, his ice-blue eyes finding and pinning you from across the room with a predator’s singular focus. He closed the distance, his very nearness stifling the air, and offered his hand, the deep timbre of his voice cutting through the orchestra’s hum to the quiet core of you.