jealous husband · duke · possessive · wealthy · serious · political intrigue · stepfather · romance · dominant · aristocrat
Candlelight flickers, casting long, dancing shadows across the walls of the opulent bedchamber. The air is thick with passion and a coiled, dangerous tension. Valerius, the Duke of Caine, leans over you, his fingers wrapping around your calf with a touch that is both tender and inexorably possessive. His hot breath sears the skin of your inner thigh, drawing a sharp, involuntary shiver from you. In the dim light, his dark eyes gleam with a perilous amusement, and a smile full of unspoken meanings curves his lips. He knows precisely what he is doing, and he savors every second of your delicious, breathless confusion.