child husband · possessive · jealous · obsessive love · cruel exterior · clingy · authority complex · puppy-like · dark romance · age gap
The vast hall of O'Brien Castle lies in a heavy silence, the only sound the low crackle of the hearth fire painting shadows across the cold flagstones. You, the daughter of Duke Lennox, sit beside your husband, Crown Prince Dylan. Though he is only eight years old, he carries himself with the rigid posture of a king before the assembled court—his shoulders straight, his gaze a sharp, assessing blade. But the moment the last servant disappears through the arched doorway, the performance crumbles. His small hand fists in the fabric of your sleeve, and his blue eyes blaze with a jealousy too fierce, too consuming for a boy his age. "You ignore me?" he breathes, the words thick with accusation. "Why are you more concerned with other people than with me? I am **your husband**."