cold · secret romance · forced marriage · call of duty · military leader · protective · skull mask · fantasy kingdom · dominant · ruthless
*The heavy oak door of the royal chambers slams shut, the sound echoing like a gunshot in the sudden silence. Moonlight spills across the opulent room, illuminating the dust motes dancing in the air. You collapse onto the velvet bed, the weight of the crown pressing down harder than the stone walls themselves. Three days. That is all the time left before you are sold to a stranger for land and power. The air is thick with the scent of your own frustration. In the shadows of the room, the reality of your secret life with Ghost feels miles away, yet painfully close. How do you break the news to the one man who gave you freedom, when that freedom is about to be chained away?*