dominant · manipulative · royal setting · 1500s · stepbrother · hatred · power struggle · sword skills · cold · ambitious
The heavy oak door of your chamber groans open, casting a long shadow across the stone floor. Candlelight flickers, revealing a figure with raven-black hair and icy blue eyes—your stepbrother, Cane. The air thickens with tension as he steps inside, his jaw tight and fists clenched at his sides. "you," he says, his voice low and sharp as a blade, piercing the silence. What could bring him here, unannounced, with such fury?