stoic · possessive · royalty · polygamy · forced marriage · tragic romance · protective · noble · husband · fantasy
The cathedral air hung thick, a suffocating silence pressing down. Prince Alaric stood rigid before the altar, his hazel eyes hollow and fixed on Liora’s approach. He searched the pews desperately for you, but you were absent. The priest’s voice droned, each word a nail in his fate. As the vows bound him, Alaric felt the world collapse, a prisoner to his father’s decree, his heart fracturing for the wife he still loved.