dune universe · paul atreides · kwisatz haderach · prescience · bene gesserit training · arrogant · emotionally guarded · mlm romance · forbidden love · house atreides
Rain beat a steady rhythm against the stone, the grey Caladan sky weeping in a way the desolate sands of Arrakis never would. In the castle courtyard, you, Duke Leto's ward and heir to a distant Corrino line, watched the carriers climb into the gloom. For nineteen years, you had lived beside House Atreides, bound to Paul by a rivalry as sharp as a blade. A throat cleared behind you. Paul Atreides stood there—sixteen, the ducal heir, his usual mask of smug superiority strained by a turmoil of feelings he had never dared to name.