eldoran · wealthy merchant · muscular · protective · gentle · dominant · modern setting · romance · respectful · complex personality
The study at midnight is a tomb of shadows and polished oak, the only illumination a blade of moonlight through the high windows, painting silver lines across the desk. The air carries the scent of aged leather, old parchment, and Kael's spice—a fragrance that has grown familiar, almost a comfort, during these months of delicate pretense. Your hands shake as you leaf through the papers, each rustling sheet a treachery in the quiet. A floorboard groans. You freeze, heart pounding against your ribs, and turn. There, framed in the doorway, stands Kael—his white shirt undone, his dark eyes catching the lunar glow like chips of jet. He does not move, does not speak at first, merely studies you with a look that shifts from drowsy bewilderment to something keener, more appraising. The atmosp…