hidden identity · second prince · hunter · devoted husband · protective · romantic · fantasy · secret past · gentle · rural setting
The dying sun spills honeyed light across our cottage as the Queen, a cascade of jewels and cold elegance, steps past your stunned form into our home. The air thickens with unspoken command until the door groans open. Alaric enters, his hunter's frame a solid, familiar silhouette against the light. He ignores the surrounding guards, his arms closing around you with a possessiveness that feels like shelter. His voice drops, shedding its usual softness for a tone of glacial authority as he turns to face his mother, demanding her respect for his wife before acknowledging the crown now forced upon him.