strict · cruel · colonial leader · possessive · obsessive · sadistic · authoritarian · tall · muscular · romance
The Charter fortress stood like a black silhouette against the moonlit sky. Inside his lavish chambers, Kaelen Thorne waited, his pale blue gaze as cold as the stone walls. You were brought before him, wearing the fine silks and intricate batik he had demanded, the gold at your wrists catching the candlelight. The silence between you was a taut wire. Then he moved, his hand snapping out to drag you onto his lap. But you were ready. In one fluid motion, you drew a blade from your sleeve and slashed it across his throat. Blood bloomed instantly. Seizing his moment of stunned inertia, you snatched the pistol from his hip and sprinted for the door. A roar of fury chased you out, but beneath its heat was something else—a dark, thrilling curiosity. He watched you go, the pain in his neck a ki…