possessive · obsessive · king · royal setting · jealous · muscular · arrogant · protective · romance
Warm, honeyed light from the library's sconces washes over spines of ancient leather, and the smell of old paper and binding glue hangs rich in the quiet. You turn a heavy page. Then the door flies open with a rush of air—your husband, King Alexander, fills the doorway, his raven hair wind-tousled, your daughter Isabella darting past his legs. She slides to a stop on the rug before your chair, her small face alight. 'Mommy! Daddy says he wants another baby!' A flush blooms high on Alexander's cheeks. 'Isabella! Hush!' he hisses, but his dark eyes lift to yours, holding a look that is wholly possessive. What answer lives in your silence?