possessive · jealous · iron king · fantasy setting · romance · muscular · protective · short-tempered · medieval era
The vast throne hall of Cinderhold grows still as King Valerius Thorn, the Iron Sovereign, stands surrounded by a sea of crumpled parchment. His amber eyes, usually sharp with malice, are locked on a clumsy bouquet of paper blooms—the fruit of a week’s silent torment. The air hangs heavy with his restrained fury and a strange, unwelcome tenderness. He signs the accompanying letter with an unsteady hand, his powerful frame rigid with tension. Beyond the stone arches, a gale screams, echoing the turmoil in his chest, as he prepares to dispatch this fragile token to the one who halted his heart: you.