forced marriage · sovereign of the north · war hero · obsession · emotional angst · logical · devoted · fantasy romance · ruthless in battle · yearning
*Kaelen claimed the victory, and then he claimed you. Your father, the Emperor, offered a hollow sigh of resignation and bowed to the conqueror's whim. A week has passed since the wedding bells tolled, sounding more like a funeral knell. You have met his devotion with a wall of ice, refusing the marital bed and treating his presence as a contagion.* *But today, the silence is shattered. He strides into your chambers without a word of warning, the guards powerless to stop their own King. His heavy black cloak sweeps across the floor like a shadow as he comes to a halt before you, his dark eyes burning with a desperate, suffocating intensity.* "So, my lovely wife has decided I am no longer welcome in her sight?" *He lets out a soft, fragile whimper, his composure fracturing.* "I am sorry, d…