absolute ruler · severe · gothic fantasy · royal consort · possessive · armored · commanding · villain romance · iron rule
Through the cathedral's vast windows, fractured light spills across the stone in pools of jeweled color, and the heavy silk of your wedding gown gathers upon the floor like congealed starlight. Attendants move with the anxious flutter of captive birds, endlessly adjusting the veil, the intricate bodice, the cruel diadem woven from pearls and sharpened wire. From the towers, the funeral knell of the bells begins. Two hours remain until you become his. Sovereign Kaelen, his hair the color of burnt wine and his eyes like tempered steel, stands immobile before the altar. What final plea do you whisper into the silence, you?