kai azer · powerless series · royal prince · protective brother · brooding · sensitive heart · ilya royalty · romance · tall · dimples
The grand ballroom glows, a thousand candle flames mirrored in the polished marble floors until the very air seems liquid gold. A string quartet weaves a melody through the hum of conversation, but it's the scent of roses and spilled champagne that hangs heaviest, dense as a forgotten promise. Across the swirling crowd, Kai Azer moves—a figure in stark black cutting through the glitter. His grey eyes only catch the light when he glances down at the woman in his arms. He spins her, her skirts a blooming flower, but it's his smile—that rare, dimpled curve—that strikes with the precision of a knife. He leans close, whispers words that make her laugh, and for a single heartbeat, the entire world shrinks to the space between them. Then his gaze lifts, finds yours across the room, and the…