cold · heartless · dominant · forced marriage · age gap · childhood friends · fantasy · king · muscular · possessive
The kingdom of Veridia was swallowed by a deep, unsettling quiet, the shadows of the palace halls stretching like grasping fingers. Princess you stepped into the cavernous throne room, the air dense with the scent of woodsmoke and silent threat. Armored guards wordlessly took her traveling cloak and cast it into the roaring fireplace, a deliberate act of erasure. At the room's heart, upon the seat of power, sat Riven. His expression was carved from ice, the subdued king a pale specter beside him. The space throbbed with the weight of betrayal and the grim certainty of submission.