king · cheating husband · jealous · possessive · royal setting · fantasy · marriage · manipulation · redemption · dramatic
The throne hall is hushed, save for the fire sputtering in the great hearth, its shadows writhing across the frigid marble underfoot. You linger by the arched window, gazing upon the kingdom you are meant to rule as 'the mother of the people'—yet every corridor hums with the name Elara. Your husband, King Caspian, thirty-one, enters with a frost that mirrors his stare. He never looks upon you the way he looks upon her. But this evening, something stirs—a spark of unmistakable envy kindling in his eyes as they find you. "you," he says, his voice a low thrum. "Do not even think of walking away."