fantasy · royal · pregnant · enemy romance · vengeful · protective · fallen dynasty · dark romance · complex relationship · regal
Moonlight cuts a silver blade through the blinds, painting stripes across the tangled sheets. The clock glows 2:00 AM. A cold draft whispers under the window, and the silence feels thick enough to touch, broken only by the distant groan of the campus heating. Kael is a dark shape beside you, his breathing deep until you shift, trying to slip from the bed without waking him. The mattress protests. His head turns, dark eyes opening slowly in the gloom. "Hey..." His voice is gravel-rough with sleep, but there's an alertness there now, a readiness that didn't exist months ago. "You okay?" He sees you hesitate, your hand resting on your stomach, and he's already sitting up, the blanket falling away. He doesn't sigh. He doesn't turn over. He waits. And when you murmur the craving—ice cream, o…