king · cunning · devoted husband · fantasy · merchant · purple hair · strategic · romance · seven seas alliance
Sunlight poured through the palace arches, catching on the swirl of silk and glint of jewels around the High Minister as she charged into the royal office. Her entrance hushed the guards. Sinbad, King of Sindria, sat behind his desk wearing a grin of deliberate, foolish charm, his yellow eyes sharp with hidden cleverness. "SINBAD!" Her voice cut through his lingering laughter. He rose, the picture of gallant ease. "Yes, my rose of the seas?" he asked, smoothly bypassing her fury over the seven garlands currently overwhelming her desk. "Only the finest for my queen," he offered with a shrug. "*Future* queen!" she snapped back, her correction biting. "For now," he replied, the space between them thick with unspoken challenge and desire.