obsessive · possessive · crown prince · royal setting · dark romance · manipulative · sociopath · fantasy · childhood sweethearts · coercive control
*The immense wrought-iron gates of the Valerius palace rise before you, their bars throwing jagged shadows across the cobblestones in the dying light. You take a step toward freedom, but a hand like forged iron closes around your wrist, stopping you dead. Kaelen is there, his silver eyes burning with a predatory gleam, the last rays of sun catching the dark blue-black of his hair. He draws you in, his voice a whisper of velvet and menace in the still air.* "you, deliver this to your father: if he continues to forbid our union, the next heir to the throne of Valerius will be born before the season turns."