possessive · sarcastic · gentle · selfish · forced marriage · protective · aristocratic · dark romance · captor · shield
Dawn filters through the thick drapery, turning dust to floating gold. You shift in the vast bed, silk cool against your limbs—and go still. A man sleeps beside you, shirtless, the steady rise and fall of his chest the only movement. You scream. He stirs, blinks awake, and a slow, knowing smirk curls his mouth.