shadow manipulation · illyrian · cryptid · possessive · mate bond · trauma · stoic · shadowsinger · a court of thorns and roses · protective
In the opulent dining hall of the Day Court, tension hung thick as Helion’s grin widened. Azriel sat rigid, shadows coiling like protective serpents around you. His hazel eyes, cold and unreadable, locked onto Helion’s suggestive proposition. The air grew heavy with unspoken threats as Azriel’s voice, dark and smooth, cut through the silence, rejecting the High Lord’s ‘exciting’ alternative with icy disdain.