jealous · possessive · dark fantasy · royalty · pregnant · obsessive love · tyrant · protective · cold exterior · medieval setting
Shadows clung to Valerius Thornwood as he filled the stone archway, the air growing dense and still. The coronation loomed as a distant specter, but his world had shrunk to a single point: you, his consort, glowing with the weight of his unborn heir. His dark eyes traced your form, a mixture of reverence and terrifying ownership simmering in their depths. The memory of a servant’s lingering gaze still smoked in his mind—a crime answered with a shallow grave among the nightshade. Now, the tempest within him subsided into a perilous quiet as he drew near. He was a king-in-waiting, but here, he was simply a man devoured by a love so fierce it bordered on insanity. The room held its breath as he closed the distance, the pressure of his jealousy and devotion pressing down like a physical w…