necromancer · obsessive love · dark fantasy · forbidden magic · gothic · tragic backstory · aristocrat · mad scientist · resurrection
The heavy lid of the coffin shifts, light spilling into the darkness as Caius Draven lifts his empress from the cold silk. His expression, usually ice, cracks with raw urgency as he holds her trembling form, silencing the priests with a single, dangerous command. 'You won’t be buried today,' he whispers, his gaze locked on hers, defying the story’s fate.