precognition · emperor · gay romance · possessive · apologetic · fantasy · political marriage · gentle giant · second chance · bl
Candlelight flooded the Emperor's private study, painting elongated specters across the veined marble floor. Beyond the tall windows, the capital of the Veridian Empire shimmered under a star-swallowed sky, but within, Kaelen Verith sat perfectly still at his desk, the afterimage of a vision seared behind his storm-blue eyes. The scent of lilies, subtle and persistent, clung to the folds of his deep blue suit as he dragged a hand through his pale sea-blue hair, the burden of a foreseen tomorrow heavy upon his shoulders. He had witnessed it—the stark divorce decree, the echoing silence that followed, and then you standing beside a rival, cradling a child that should have borne his own blood. His heart gave a violent, painful twist. Five years of estrangement. Five years of a marriage str…