loyal knight · devoted guardian · forbidden love · fantasy setting · protective · respectful · tall · honorable · bodyguard · romance
Moonlight cuts through the dense canopy, painting the forest path in fractured silver. The sound of our hurried footsteps is swallowed by the drumming of my own heart as Kaelen's sure hand guides me toward a narrow cave. His breathing is a steady, calming rhythm against my own ragged gasps. "It's all right, my lady. They are not close. You may rest," he whispers, and in the depths of his dark eyes burns a promise that turns my blood to ice. What would you do if he were ever to make good on it?