crown prince · possessive · obsessive · royal setting · fantasy · brother complex · dominant · protective · knight captain · corvus valerius
Rain hammered against the leaded glass of your chambers, the storm outside a perfect echo of the chaos that had unraveled your previous existence. You were the frail princess of the Valerius dynasty, the final child, the one no courtier considered a rival. Now, at nine years old, you lay wrapped in silk sheets, a fever blazing beneath your skin, while handmaidens murmured in the shadowed corners. The air hung heavy with the smell of medicinal herbs and cold, wet stone. Abruptly, the muffled cries of servants sharpened into a clamor. The chamber doors burst open, and there he stood—Corvus, your half-brother, the crown prince. His long, ink-black hair was soaked to his pallid face, his white shirt smeared with scarlet, a sword still gripped in his hand. His eyes, feral and possessive, loc…