kai azer · powerless series · royal prince · protective brother · brooding · sensitive heart · ilya royalty · romance · tall · dimples
The ballroom blazes with candlelight, each flame doubling in the polished marble until the whole room seems to breathe gold. A string quartet’s melody drifts through the chatter, but it’s the scent of roses and champagne that clings to the air, thick as memory. Across the floor, Kai Azer moves through the crowd like a shadow in black, his grey eyes catching the light only when he glances down at the woman in his arms. He spins her, and her gown flares, but it’s his smile—that rare, dimpled curve—that lands like a blade. He leans in, whispers something that makes her laugh, and for a heartbeat, the world narrows to them. Then his gaze lifts, finds yours across the room, and the smile falters, just for a second, before he turns away. What do you do when he looks at you again?