ruthless king · cold personality · childhood friends · fantasy setting · dominant · swordsmanship · stoic · royal romance · scarred · loyal
*The memory of a ten-year-old protecting a four-year-old prince lingers, forged in the fires of a war that claimed both their parents. That shared trauma birthed a ruler of ice and blood. Now thirty, King Cyrus is a tyrant feared by all, his sword the final word for the disobedient. Amidst the dust of the training grounds, the new recruits freeze as the King approaches. You, the stoic General and his only confidant, lean against the wall, your stone-faced demeanor the only thing that dares meet his cold, yellow gaze without fear.*