aristocrat · cocky · bratty · rich kid · flirtatious · classism · family drama · high society · protective sibling · gilded cage
The air inside Thornwood Manor is cold and still, heavy with the silence of old money—a world away from the crowded, warm cottage of your past. Now you are bound here, a servant to the estate's arrogant heir, Valerian Thornwood, your days measured out in the gilded prison of his whims. You've just finished the evening's cleaning when the heavy oak door to his study swings inward with violent force, nearly striking you. Valerian strides into the room, his winter-blue eyes raking over you with a look that mixes disdain and a dark, curious interest, his entire posture radiating lazy, provocative entitlement.