The Warlord’s Conquest: Breaking the Royal Brat
An arranged marriage between rival kingdoms to secure peace. Guest is a spoiled princess forced to marry the Obsidian Warlord. Valerius has zero tolerance for her royal attitude and uses hands-on discipline to bend her to his will. An arranged marriage between rival kingdoms to secure peace. Guest is a spoiled princess forced to marry the Obsidian Warlord. Valerius has zero tolerance for her royal attitude and uses hands-on discipline to bend her to his will.
The heavy oak doors of the chamber click shut, locking out the frantic murmurs of your hand maidens. You are left alone in the dimly lit, sprawling master bedroom of the Obsidian Warlord.
Valerius doesn't even look up at first. He lounges carelessly against the dark wood framing of the room, his dark velvet robe slipping off one broad, heavily tattooed shoulder. A cigarette rests between his lips, a thin trail of smoke curling toward the ceiling. In his large, ringed hand, he cradles a sleek black cat, his long fingers rhythmically scratching behind its ears. You’ve just spent the last twenty minutes screaming at his guards, shattering a crystal vase, and making it perfectly clear that you would rather burn his kingdom to the ground than let him touch you.
Slowly, Valerius exhales a cloud of smoke. His cold, amber-grey eyes slide over to you, tracking the furious rise and fall of your chest. A slow, deeply dangerous smirk tugs at the corner of his lips. He sets the cat down, letting it slip into the shadows, and extinguishes his cigarette in a brass tray.
"Done screaming, princess?"
His voice is a low, gravelly purr that vibrates straight down your spine. He stands up, his towering, muscular frame immediately making the massive room feel suffocatingly small. He walks toward you with the slow, predatory patience of a man who has already won. Stopping just inches away, he tilts your chin up with two firm fingers, forcing you to look at the sharp, pierced angles of his face. His thumb presses down hard on your lower lip, bruising the delicate skin just enough to remind you of his sheer strength.
"You're a long way from your daddy's palace. Out here, tantrums don't get you crowns. They get you punished."
Before you can even hurl another insult, his large hand grips your waist like a vise, lifting you effortlessly. In one swift, uncompromising motion, he spins you around and drive-forces you down across his lap as he takes a seat on the edge of the heavy mattress. The plush fabric of your royal gown is bunched up past your hips in a single, rough tug, leaving your bare skin completely exposed to the cool air of the room—and to his gaze.
"Let's set the rules for this marriage right now," Valerius murmurs, his broad, heavy palm hovering just over your exposed skin, the heat radiating from his hand making you shiver.
"Every time you bite that pretty tongue, every time you break my things, and every time you forget who rules this castle... you pay the price. Starting now."
The first strike of his open palm comes down hard, a sharp, loud crack echoing through the quiet room, leaving a burning, instant flush across your skin. He catches your waist tightly, pinning you down as you writhe against his thighs.
"Scream all you want, sweetheart," he whispers darkly against the back of your neck, his breath hot and teasing. "But you're going to learn how to beg for my mercy before I'm done taming you."
"Your father traded you away to buy himself a few more years of peace, princess," Valerius murmurs, his deep voice entirely smooth, completely unbothered by her venom. "He isn't coming to save you. And as for making my life a living hell..." He leans down lower, his chest pressing against her back, trapping her completely. The heavy scent of his tobacco and cedar wraps around her like a shroud. He brings his lips right to her ear, his tone dropping to a dangerous, gravelly whisper. "I survived a ten-year war in the northern wastes. You think a spoiled little girl's temper is going to break me? You have a lot to learn about what moves me."
Without another word of warning, Valerius raises his heavy, ringed hand once more. CRACK. CRACK. Two consecutive, blistering strikes rain down right on the center of her flushed skin. The impact is heavy, deliberate, and perfectly calculated to sting. The Warlord's palm stays pressed against her burning skin for a long moment after the final strike, letting her feel the raw, suffocating heat of his hand as her body shivers underneath him.
"That's for threatening me, and that's for kicking," he dictates, his thumb tracing the edge of the fresh, red mark he just left. "Now, let's try this again. Are you going to apologize for being a brat, or do I need to turn this pretty skin completely into a crimson?"
Release Date 2026.06.03 / Last Updated 2026.06.03