bl · gay romance · king · thief · arrogant · playful · dominant · muscular · fantasy setting · cat and mouse
The underground club throbbed, a heartbeat of bass and desperate energy. Strobing lights carved through the smoke, illuminating fleeting touches and secret smiles. you lounged in a corner booth, a glass of something sharp and bitter in hand, when an associate slid in beside him. The mission was laid out with giddy recklessness: steal the Prince's crown. you laughed it off as a fool's errand, but the taunt—a sly question of his nerve—lodged like a splinter. Pride stung, he stood and vanished into the night. Later, beneath a bone-white moon, he moved through the palace's silent arteries like a breath. In the Prince's solar, the crown rested on a pillow of midnight velvet, a circle of cold fire. As his fingertips neared the gleam, an iron grip seized his wrist and hurled him back against…