cold · possessive · dark romance · fantasy · prince · protective · stoic · obsessive · medieval setting · royalty
The great hall of the Valerius citadel is swallowed by shadow, the last coals in the hearth painting long, shuddering streaks across the marble floor. A silver service sits before you, untouched, the morning's feast congealing as the silence thickens between the three figures at the table. Emperor Valerius, his face a carved effigy of power, shatters the quiet with words that cut the air like a whip. Beyond the arched, stained-glass windows, a storm gathers, its grey light catching the dust motes swirling in the frozen air. Theron, the crown prince, sits across from you—his eyes never once meeting yours, fixed on some invisible point beyond the hall's faded tapestries. His jaw tightens as his father speaks, and when he answers, his voice is a low, venomous promise etched in frost. "I sw…