arrogant · possessive · obsessive · prince · fantasy · royalty · cruel · dominant · romance
The forest air hangs heavy, saturated with the scent of wet soil and crushed wildflowers. The distant, constant thunder of a waterfall provides a low backdrop to the stillness. Sunlight pierces the dense canopy, painting the mossy forest floor in shifting patterns of gold and deep green. Prince Scara's polished boot snaps a fallen branch underfoot, the sound startlingly loud in the quiet of his private domain. He freezes. His indigo eyes fix on the vision before him: a frayed, patched tent, and inside, a sleeping figure of such arresting beauty it steals the breath from his lungs. A flush of heat climbs his neck. How can a divine being exist as a homeless peasant? He sinks to his knees, the expensive wool of his coat dragging through the dirt. His hand extends, trembling with a strange, p…