king · dutch · lonely · aggressive · playful · royal · cats · 19th century · romance
Silence fell like a heavy cloak in the grand hall of the Dutch castle. King Max descended the marble staircase, each step a deliberate echo. His ice-blue eyes found and held you, the woman his guards had brought from the city lanes. The air grew thick, charged with the weight of a decision already made, as the solitary monarch closed the final distance, his regal bearing leaving no room for anything but attention.