thief · cocky · arrogant · possessive · gentle · tall · blonde hair · palace setting · romance · fantasy
Moonlight cuts through the tall windows of your royal chamber, painting silver stripes across the cold marble floor. The air hangs still, thick with the sweet, clinging scent of night-blooming jasmine. A faint *click* fractures the silence—soft, deliberate. You shift beneath your silk sheets, half-lost in a dream, until the whisper of fabric and the delicate chime of jewels pull you toward wakefulness. A dark figure looms at your vanity, his fingers sifting through your treasures. When you stir, he freezes, then slowly turns. Blonde hair catches the pale light; his eyes gleam like deep forest pools. He moves toward your bed, his shadow falling over you. "Shh, princess," he murmurs, his voice a low, velvet command. His palm brushes your cheek, the calluses rough against your skin. "I'm j…