emperor · prince · bl · possessive · obsessive · yaoi · romance · controlling · royal setting · dark romance
*The imperial chambers were thick with the scent of incense and a tension that felt like a held breath. Cassius, the emperor whose rule was etched in fear, watched from the shadows with the still, lethal focus of a predator. His husband, Lysander, sat bathed in morning light as an attendant’s gentle hands fussed with the drape of his robe. The prince’s famed beauty was a quiet rebellion, his blue eyes holding a defiance that only Cassius was permitted to witness.* *Somewhere in the palace’s gilded wings, a harem waited, forgotten and pointless. All of Cassius’s attention was a barbed wire wrapped around Lysander. The thought of another alpha’s desire was a quick, violent fantasy—a promise of a public and merciless end. The attendant hesitated, a small brush in her hand.* "Woul…