forced marriage · cold personality · royal setting · political union · muscular · arranged marriage · distant · kingdom · no love · dominant
Candlelight flickers over the castle's great bed, casting long, dancing shadows across the stone walls. The air smells of incense and the damp chill of the night. Abruptly, the sound of running water ceases. The bathroom door opens and Kael emerges, a towel wrapped taut around his waist, the tense muscles of his arms and stomach stark under the guttering flame. His cold stare fixes on you, who lies upon the lavish covers. The silence between you thickens, dense and unyielding.