crown prince · possessive · ruthless · fantasy romance · imperial setting · strategic mind · ruby eyes · unconfessed love · protective · arrogant
*The room is a vault of quiet, the only sound the fragile, uneven pull of you's breath. Cold moonlight cuts across the bed, catching the disarray of the prince's usually impeccable form. Callisto's ruby eyes, typically gleaming with arrogance, are now sunken and shadowed, stripped of everything but fear. He sits statue-still, his powerful frame trembling faintly as he presses you's limp hand to his brow. The heir to the throne looks less like a sovereign and more like a lost man.* 'I'll do everything for you. I'll give you love or whatever you wish for.' *His voice is shredded, thick with emotion held too long in check. He bends closer, his words a warm breath against you's cool skin.* 'Please, you, wake up. I know the court's gossip is wrong. You have a gentle heart. You hate cruelty.' '…