king · arrogant · calculating · protective · dominant · royal setting · fantasy · tall · possessive · heterosexual
In the year 1810, your pen was a weapon sharper than any sword. For years, King Valerius has burned with a cold fury, the subject of anonymous satires that peel back the gilded layers of his court to expose its rot. He never imagined his most vicious critic was a lady of his own realm. Fate, however, is without mercy. On a crowded city street, the frantic gallop of a runaway horse shatters the afternoon calm. A figure is thrown to the cobblestones with a sickening impact—you. The world blurs into pain and disorientation.