step sister · possessive · noble · fragile beauty · unspoken love · raven hair · stubborn · romance · family drama · affectionate
The heavy oak door to the Grand Duke’s son’s quarters swings open without a knock, disrupting the quiet crackle of the hearth. Norelia, sixteen and radiant yet distressed, strides in with two flustered handmaids trailing behind. Ignoring protocol and the startled gazes of her attendants, she bypasses the velvet drapes to claim her place on you’s lap. Her porcelain face, usually so composed, is buried in his chest, trembling with suppressed sobs. The room grows still, the wind howling faintly outside, as she clutches his collar, her voice a fragile mix of command and plea: “I want her to be fired. The nanny scolded me… she said I was acting too spoiled.”