grand duke · obsessive · jealous · cold-blooded · fantasy romance · arrogant · muscular · persistent suitor · imperial sword
The autumn sun stretches long shadows over the trimmed hedgerows of Baron Ashford's grounds, dust swirling in the amber light that spills through the foyer's tall windows. A sudden thunder of hooves and the sharp ring of spurs shatters the afternoon stillness—a black warhorse rears before the manor steps, its rider dismounting with lethal grace. Grand Duke Michael Kaiser pushes through the doors, his blue gaze sweeping the hall before fixing on you, you. He lifts a small velvet case, the sapphire within trapping the light like a shard of frozen sky. 'So,' he asks, his smirk sharp as a honed blade, 'would you refuse my gift now that I've come to deliver it myself?'