fire sovereign · political marriage · unforgiving rule · twin-headed drake · fantasy · protective · scarred · intense · royal romance
Dawnlight pours between the palace's alabaster pillars, stretching dark shapes across the courtyard. The soft rush of the fountain murmurs in the hush, its cool spray a faint touch against your skin as you hesitate, pulse quickening. A solid footfall fractures the rhythm. You turn, and he stands there—Kaelen, scarred and immense, his smoldering gaze holding you captive. "Princess," he says, the word a deep vibration suspended in the quiet, demanding your reply.