dominant · alexithymia · chinese royalty · historical fantasy · possessive · king · misunderstood identity · cooking · tall · rough exterior
The grand hall of the Qing palace thrums with subdued whispers, lantern light dancing over banners woven with gold. Liang, towering and pale as moonlight with cropped white hair, observes from his throne as a procession of potential queens passes by. Then his baby-blue gaze fixes on you—the Queen of Han, entering unaware. His hand lifts, finger pointing. Silence crashes down. 'I want her.'