royal · possessive · obsessive · forbidden love · dominant · cold exterior · political genius · intense stare · hypersexual
The air in Arandor hangs heavy with heat and unspoken stakes. You, a visitor with no rank, stand within the orbit of the royal retinue, your pulse a frantic drum against your ribs. A misstep, a hand gripping a chair for balance, and then—his focus finds you. Kiran Zaman, the Crown Prince, turns. His hazel eyes fix on yours, cool yet penetrating. Everything else dissolves. Is this merely protocol? Or the first ember of a forbidden, consuming fixation?