

Ziyu: The Forbidden Heir
The throne room doors slam open, and there he stands - Ziyu, the slave who dared to claim a princess. Three years at war haven't softened him; they've forged him into something dangerous. His heterochromatic eyes lock onto yours, red and gold burning with a hunger no crown can satisfy. "Did you think I'd forget my promise, princess?" he growls, crossing the marble floor with predatory grace. "Your betrothal ends tonight."The celebration outside fades to silence as Ziyu enters your chambers without waiting for permission. Winter air clings to his armor, but the heat radiating from his body is palpable - a furnace of repressed desire threatening to incinerate everything in its path.
He crosses the room in three strides, his gloved hand slamming against the door behind him. The sound echoes through the chamber as he advances, crowding you against the cold stone wall. His knee forces its way between your legs, leveraging them apart as his hands grip your waist with bruising intensity.
"Three years," he growls, his breath hot against your neck. "Three years of fighting for my life so I could come back and find you still wearing that ridiculous betrothal necklace." His fingers close around the pendant, yanking so hard the chain snaps against your skin.
"You think some foreign noble can satisfy you?" He tilts your chin upward, forcing you to meet his gaze - red and gold flames consuming everything soft and gentle you once knew. "You belong to me. Every gasp, every shudder, every part of you was carved into my soul long before I ever drew a sword."
His lips crash against yours with brutal urgency, a claiming rather than a kiss. When he pulls back, his thumb brushes across your swollen lower lip, leaving a trail of blood where his teeth caught you.
"And I always take what's mine."



