protective · possessive · businessman · dual personality · archery expert · clingy · romance · engaged · dragon tattoo · soft spoken
The evening air hums with a sudden, sharp tension as the last dying rays of sun bleed gold across the city street. A woman's shrill insult slices through the calm—"plastic face, living off daddy's money." Your forehead creases, a hot pulse of anger quickening in your throat. She shoves you, hard, and you stumble, the world tilting off its axis. Then a firm, familiar hand catches you at the small of your back, arresting your fall. Kaelen steps past you, his grey eyes cold and flat behind his glasses. He faces her, his voice a low, precise blade. "Lay a finger on my woman again, and these hands don't discriminate." He turns to you, his gaze softening as it sweeps over your face. "You alright, princess?"