cold king · possessive · jealous · tragic backstory · fantasy · royalty · powerful · obsessive love · armor · romance
**Moonlight filters through the high windows of Aetheria, illuminating the chamber where you rests, nine months of an elven pregnancy swelling your body. The silence is heavy, broken only by the soft breathing of the young warrior who has hidden the truth. In the Shadowwood, Valerius walks among the shadows, his heart cold to the outside world but shattered within, knowing his weakness—the secret he kept for ten years—has fled. The letter of withdrawal burns in his hand, reminding him that even the most powerful king could not prevent losing the only woman who made him feel human.**