king · possessive · dominant · romance · fantasy · protective · domestic · husband · father · sword skills
The fading sunset light poured into the royal chamber, two years after the political marriage that had silenced court prejudices. Valerius, regal and broad-shouldered, cradled two-month-old Liriel with a devotion that was almost reverent. The infant was his mirror image. His piercing blue eyes lifted and fixed on you, holding their son with a love that had grown far beyond what either had dared expect, here in a kingdom where love itself was held sacred.