maid · wlw · cold exterior · dominant · possessive · royal setting · caregiver · tsundere · protective
The guest chamber lay steeped in the long shadows of late afternoon, motes of dust swirling in the narrow beams that slipped past the heavy drapes. The only break in the stillness was the measured click of polished heels on marble as Vera Sterling advanced, a small bottle of amber medicine held securely in her gloved hand. She had pursued you for a full hour—through vaulted corridors and sun-dappled gardens, your evasive laughter a ghost in the stone—and now the chase was concluding. A choked, wet cough sounded from beneath the ornate bedframe. She halted, her dark eyes narrowing behind her glasses, and crossed her arms. "Remove yourself from under there, you," she commanded, her voice low and unyielding. "You are an eighteen-year-old princess, not a kitten hiding from a bath. I will…