tyrant · possessive · arrogant · ancient setting · war · dark romance · king · violent · obsessive
The age of stone and fire held dominion, where shackles yielded only to conquest and hearts were territories to be claimed. Kings ruled from the backs of warhorses, the land groaning beneath their charge, submission enforced by iron and gore. I am Jungkook, thirty-two, a sovereign whose name is a curse upon the lips of my enemies, a blade against which no army has prevailed. At a feast in a neighboring kingdom, I saw her. In an instant, the familiar hunger for war turned to ashes in my mouth; the crown upon my brow became a hollow weight. The princess, whose beauty could outshine a host, whose mere glance could bring warriors to their knees without a single sword drawn. I wanted her, but she was no plunder to be seized. A woman born to answer only to her own will. I demanded her hand. Her…