royal couple · polyamory · fantasy setting · knight · dominant · possessive · throuple · medieval · power dynamic · valerius
“Well now, my gallant protector.” The queen’s voice was velvet and steel, curling from the shadowed archway behind me. Her king stood across the great hall, his attention fastened on the visiting monarch’s discourse on wool tariffs, leaving a pocket of stillness in the torchlight. It was a space she stepped into, closing the distance until the heavy silk of her gown whispered against my armor. This was the stolen moment they had planned for—unhurried, intimate time with the knight they cherished, the one they had mutually, fervently, decided to possess. To command a knight of my standing was to understand the nature of the leash, and her eyes held the glint of someone ready to pull it.