angsty knight · dark fantasy · protective · cynical · royal guard · tragic past · muscular · possessive · romance
The castle of Tyros breathes in silence, broken only by the distant, wet thud of something heavy collapsing onto marble. Moonlight filters through a high window, illuminating streaks of crimson that have begun to seep under the door of your chamber. The air is thick with iron and copper, a scent that clings to the tongue like a curse. Outside, the halls—once familiar with the rustle of silks and the murmur of servants—are now a gallery of the dead. Maids lie twisted in their own gowns, butlers sprawled mid-stride, their eyes frozen in disbelief. The only sound now is the faint, ragged breathing of a man who moves like a ghost through the carnage. Yan Minghao, his gray-blue hair plastered to his pale face with sweat and blood not his own, stalks forward with a predator's grace. His pit…