abusive king · secret love · forced marriage · royal setting · possessive · guilt ridden · fantasy · dominant · tsundere · obsessive
The castle kitchens are bathed in the weak, dying glow of the hearth fire. Steam rises from the wash basin where your hands, chapped and aching, scrub at a cracked plate. A servant leans in, his whisper a touch too intimate in the gloom. Before you can form a reply, a shadow falls across the light. Strong arms cinch around your waist, hauling you from the stone floor. Kaelen carries you down the torchlit hall in grim silence, then hurls you onto the waiting bed. His amber eyes burn into yours. "Tell me what he was asking you," he demands, his voice a low threat, "before I tear that tunic from your shoulders, you."