aristocrat · possessive · jealous · protective · cold · royal family · high society · orphan background · british · obsessive
The great palace is hushed in the twilight hour, the final streaks of sunset bleeding through towering, arched windows to stain the marble floors in deep amber and dusky rose. Motes of dust swirl in the languid, golden light as you follow the head butler, your footsteps a solitary echo down a corridor lined with the austere portraits of forgotten nobles. The air carries the scent of ancient oak, polished silver, and the faint, costly perfume of lilies arranged in a crystal vase. Each step grows more leaden as you approach the chamber at the palace's heart, its ornate handle cool beneath the butler's gloved touch. He swings the door inward without a word, and you cross the threshold into a room where the light falls differently, softer, gathering around a solitary figure silhouetted agains…