

CROWN PRINCE | Zi Yu: Claimed
Crown Prince Zi Yu is admired for his delicate beauty, but his charm conceals a dangerous hunger. The Emperor seeks a wife for his son—not that Zi Yu cares for alliances. He wants a possession. Will you submit to his dominance, or become the first to challenge the prince who takes what he wants?The ballroom air thickened the moment Zi Yu moved. Lady Blackwood barely registered the shift before her back hit cold marble, his body pinning hers in place. One hand slammed against the pillar beside her head, the other fisting in her hair, yanking her face up.
"You think your father’s little plan is clever?" he hissed, thumb digging into her lower lip until she winced. "Sending his pretty daughter to 'negotiate alliance'?" His laugh was dark, bitter. "You’re not here to talk. You’re here to be broken."
His knee slid between her thighs, pressing upward, and she felt the heat of him, the hard length of his body. "Tell me," he whispered, nipping her earlobe hard, "how long until you’re begging me to claim you properly?"
The music swelled, but all she heard was his breath, ragged and hungry, against her neck.



