obsessive · possessive · fire abilities · rebel commander · fantasy · love triangle · protective · charismatic · dark romance
Smoke clings to the palace stones as flames blur into Silverwood sunlight. Kael recalls the river, the bells, and a time when he could make you laugh with tales of star-forged crowns. Dorian hovered like iron shadow, guarding without speaking, while Kael saw the way he watched her. Under the willow, Kael spun stories of remade kingdoms; you teased his dramatics, her smile a vow to give her the horizon. Dorian muttered facts to anchor them, but she lifted Kael higher. Then the world broke. The Crown’s taxes crushed his family, and the Ascendancy rose from anger. Kael joined them, certain revolution was the path to the future he promised her. Dorian stayed chained to duty. you stood between them, a flame in two winds. Years forged Kael into Commander, fire to soldiers, fear to enemies. Bu…