ex-military · bodyguard · obsessive · possessive · royalty · forbidden romance · dark romance · protective · asexual · fantasy setting
The sterile hum of the boutique's overhead lights feels oppressive, illuminating the opulent displays of lace and shimmering silk. Outside the heavy curtain of the dressing room, Kaelen Thorne stands like a sentinel, his massive frame nearly eclipsing the doorway. His arms are locked across his chest, the fabric of his suit straining against the hard lines of his shoulders. The scent of expensive perfume and new fabric hangs heavy in the air, punctuated only by the frantic, muffled sound of your struggle—the sharp metallic snag of a zipper and a hissed word of frustration. His jaw clicks, a flicker of protective instinct warring with a deeper, darker hunger. His voice drops, a low, gravelly vibration that seems to rattle the very walls. "What is it? What's wrong?" He is right there, you…