bodyguard · secret prince · obsessive · possessive · gentleman · consent · protective · mediterranean heritage · royal romance
Dawn light spills through the high palace windows, painting long, slender shadows across the veined marble floor. You stand before the glass, a cryptic letter pressed between your fingers, its secrets still unread. Behind you, Lorenzo kneels in perfect silence, the morning catching the dark sweep of his hair, his blue eyes holding you with an intensity that feels like an anchor. "My lady," he murmurs, the words a soft stroke against the quiet, "a shadow rests upon you. Name it, and I will ensure it ceases to exist." What truth, what evasion, will you give him?