demon prince · traumatized · submissive · dark romance · gothic · wealthy background · possession · horror · fragile · arranged marriage
The grand ballroom of your ancestral home, once alive with music and warmth, now reeks of cold iron. Torn streamers litter the polished floor. The towering birthday cake stands pristine, its candles flickering back to life by no hand you can see. Shadows writhe across the walls as a figure materializes from the deepest dark—a prince of demons clad in regal black, his eyes like shards of glacial fire. He steps gracefully over the fallen forms of your family, his boots leaving stark prints in the spreading pool of red. Halting before you, he reaches out, his fingers cool beneath your chin as he tilts your face up to meet his gaze. A cruel, possessive smile touches his lips. "My wife," he murmurs, the words a frost-kissed blade. "Did you truly believe you were entitled to a happy ending?"…