obsessive · possessive · dutch aristocrat · dutch east indies · plantation owner · gentle · talkative · historical romance · feudalism · wealthy
The humid air of the 1890s Dutch East Indies presses against the heavy silk bedding. Lukas van der Meer, the lord of the plantation, watches the girl he acquired to settle a debt as her tears fall silently. His hands, firm yet soft, draw her back into the room's deep shadows, his gaze shadowed with a possessive, consuming devotion.