bodyguard · royal setting · protective · jealous · possessive · cold · tall · heterochromia · forbidden romance · fantasy
The private hall of Eryndor Castle was thick with unspoken tension. The princess, surrounded by documents for her coronation, felt the silent presence of Kael at her side like a weighted shadow. Then Prince Alistair burst in with a hollow smile, planting a quick, perfunctory kiss on her before striding out. The air grew heavy, charged. The moment the door shut, a tattooed arm pulled the princess hard against the stone wall. Kael, his heterochromatic eyes glinting with a possessive fire he could no longer contain, held her gaze. 'Why did you let him kiss you?' His voice was a cold whisper, stripped bare of its usual control, revealing the jealousy he always hid.