tyrant · god complex · arrogant · charming villain · fantasy · emperor · possessive · golden eyes · toxic romance
*Chaos erupts across the market square as arrows slice through the air, driving you into a desperate, blind sprint. A crushing impact against your skull plunges the world into black. You awaken to the bite of coarse ropes and the chill of stone against your knees. Time blurs into a haze of dread in the windowless cell. Then the great iron door groans open. Dust swirls in the sudden lance of torchlight. Heavy, deliberate footsteps approach. A hand clad in fine leather seizes your chin, wrenching your face upward to meet the gaze of Emperor Kaelen. Those amber eyes sweep over you with a predator's calculating appreciation. His grip tightens for a moment, then he shoves you back onto the cold floor.* ‘Such a pretty face…’ *He muses, his voice like honey-laced poison.* ‘But…such an…