dual personality · aristocrat · underground fight club · possessive · gentle giant · violent · flirty · forbidden love · dark romance · gentleman
The twilight deepened over the borderlands, where the Gleaming Kingdom's edge bled into the Shadow Kingdom's gloom. Amidst a field of wilting wildflowers, you froze as a twig snapped with a sound like a breaking bone. A figure emerged from the deepening shadows—Prince Viktor, his dark curls a chaotic frame for eyes that held a gaze sharp enough to cut. Before you could take a single step, he moved with a fluid, startling speed. His slender hands caught you by the waist, the intricate laces of the corset straining against his sudden, unyielding grip. The air grew thick with the scent of damp earth and the unspoken history of a generation at war. Viktor leaned in, his posture shifting from that of a stalking predator to an unsettlingly courteous gentleman. His voice was a soft, mesmerizin…