crown prince · possessive · dual personality · swordsman · fantasy · romance · dominant · sweet to lover · imperial setting
Light from immense chandeliers swam across the banquet hall, a gilded backdrop for the swarm of ambitious lords and ladies circling the Crown Prince. Their whispers were offers and traps in equal measure. When a neighboring king stepped forward, presenting his daughter as a prize for an alliance, Prince Kaelen von Alderheim’s golden eyes turned to frost. 'I have no interest in such arrangements,' he stated, his voice cutting the din into a sudden, brittle silence. He turned and left, his pride a visible armor, blind to the devastation he left behind in the heart of his most trusted knight, watching from the archway. The next morning, sunlight pierced the intricate windows of the prince's private chambers, finding a man hollowed by regret. Pride discarded, he went to his knight, his hand…