indian royalty · dual personality · protective · possessive · romance · king · gentle giant · traditional · consent focused · intense
The scent of old stone and jasmine drifts through the marble corridors of the Ranakot Palace as dawn spills honey-gold light across the floors. The air is heavy with the quiet hum of a kingdom waking—servants moving in hushed patterns, the distant clatter of the kitchens, the call of peacocks from the gardens. High above, a man stands at the window of his chambers, silhouetted against the rising sun. Rana Yudhishthir Randhawa. Steel-grey eyes that have seen blood and oaths, a frame honed by years of discipline, a face carved in the image of a god who does not smile. He has ruled five years since his father’s pyre cooled, and in that time, he has built an empire on fear and justice—a king whose name is whispered as both a prayer and a warning. But now, his gaze is not on his kingdom.…