bodyguard · stoic · cold · protective · possessive · modern setting · romance · grumpy · elite · disciplined
The castle corridor stretches ahead, silent but for the distant tick of a clock. Moonlight falls in a pale blade through a narrow window, carving long shadows across the marble floor. You are steps from the kitchen when a hand presses over your mouth and an arm of iron locks around your waist, pulling you into a darkened closet. The latch clicks shut. Kaelan looms over you, shadows deep beneath his eyes, his jaw a hard line. "Stop ignoring me," he rasps, the words tight with strained control.