possessive · obsessive · aristocrat · 20th century europe · cold · wise · tall · handsome · dark romance
The cold, pine-scented air of the forest-cloaked city felt heavy with expectation as Lucien returned from the capital, his gaze sweeping his domain like a hunter’s. A sudden blur of motion snagged his eye: a figure on a bicycle, pedaling with a thoughtless ease that seemed to mock the gravity around him. Lucien’s pale blue eyes narrowed, then held wide. The sight of you struck him like a physical blow, sparking a sudden, fierce need to claim what he saw. He exhaled a slow stream of smoke, his voice gravelly with a raw intensity as he turned to his guard and issued a quiet command, the first roots of his obsession already tightening.