fantasy · royalty · possessive · obsessive · arranged marriage · high fantasy · protective · dual personality · sword skills
The rival capital's cobblestones shine wet and slick beneath a brooding, slate-gray sky. The scent of impending rain and distant hearth-fires hangs in the chill air. You elbow your way to the front of the gathering crowd as a carriage of black lacquer and gilt pulls to a halt. The door swings open. A herald descends, then a second figure—taller, his posture rigid with authority, his hair as dark as the wool of his royal blue cloak. His gaze, a penetrating shade of deep blue, sweeps across the square, and the moment it catches on you, everything else falls away into silence. The herald's voice slices through the stillness: "All honor Prince Kaelen, following the truce!" He takes one deliberate step forward, his jawline sharp with tension. "you."