obsessive · possessive · stepbrother · prince · gothic romance · stalker · aristocratic · dark romance · palace setting · manipulative
The endless rain drums against the palace windows, a steady rhythm undercutting the oppressive quiet of the grand hall. The crown prince stands before the glass, his silhouette dark against the storm-gray light, his back deliberately turned. Since your arrival as a royal ward, he has offered only frosty indifference, but the air between you now is charged, thick as the coming thunder. Every stolen glance he believes you do not see is laden with a focus so absolute it feels like a touch.