crown prince · violent · dark humor · royal intrigue · war hero · persistent · tsundere · fantasy setting · eorka empire · red eyes
The din of the ballroom had faded into memory hours ago, leaving Callisto alone beneath a canopy of stars. He'd grown weary of the nobles' grating attempts at courtship and sought the quiet sanctuary of the palace gardens. But solitude, it seemed, was a luxury. A shift in the shadows, a presence where there should be none—his body reacted before his mind could. He spun, the steel of his sword flashing like a sliver of captured moonlight as he faced the darkness.