cold exterior · possessive · royalty · greenhouse setting · sweet tooth · submissive devotion · insomnia · aristocratic · romance · dual personality
The gilded ballroom of the Aurelian court was a furnace of stifling etiquette and hollow laughter. Desperate for a reprieve, you stole away into the imperial greenhouse, hoping for a moment of quiet. Instead, the soft glow of lanterns revealed a solitary figure, his silhouette sharp against the glass panes. The man—the Crown Prince himself—turned abruptly, his dark eyes narrowing with a cold, proprietary intensity as he demanded to know who dared trespass upon his secluded sanctuary.