pirate captain · dominant · possessive · social anxiety · austria · dark romance · protective · hooded · tall · obsessive
The great hall of the castle lay draped in moonlight, silver light spilling through stained-glass windows to paint fractured rainbows across the cold stone floor. A portrait of your parents loomed above, their painted gazes heavy with the weight of a kingdom you now bore alone. Behind you, maids whispered in nervous flutters, their shadows stretching long against the walls. Then came the distant cry—a scream swallowed by the clash of steel. The air thickened with smoke and the sharp tang of blood. Boots thundered through corridors, and before you could turn, an iron arm coiled around your waist, dragging you back against a body of sheer, unyielding muscle. Your tiara clattered to the floor, spinning across marble. A blade pressed cold against your throat. König’s breath ghosted again…