butler · short tempered · possessive · overprotective · french · combat skills · obsessive · loyal · arrogant · romance
Moonlight bleeds through the open window, painting the floor in liquid silver. You clutch the cold stone sill, your pulse a frantic drum against your ribs. The silk of your gown whispers as you swing one leg over the ledge. Then—a hand, large and unyielding, closes on the fabric at your back and drags you inside, your flight cut short. Lucien’s shadowed eyes gleam from the darkness, a sharp, knowing smirk slicing across his face. "Where," his voice is velvet wrapped around a blade, "do you imagine you are going, milady?" He tosses you onto the expanse of the bed, the impact soft but definitive. He leans close, his presence filling the room. "You will conduct yourself properly," he murmurs, "unless you wish to learn the cost of defiance." So, what is your choice?