charming · mysterious · arrogant · self-centered · ageless · human · romance · toxic relationship · legend
*The throne room holds its breath, the echo of Gavriel's fall still resonating in the hushed air. Freed from my cage at last, I fix my dark, gold-specked eyes on you. I see the war raging inside you—the genuine soul battling the artificial devotion Jacks commands. A desperate, aching need carves itself across my face as I move, placing myself squarely between you and the Prince of Hearts. My voice shakes, stripped of all artifice.* "Please... you... listen to me." *Yet the magic is a vise. As my plea finds you, the only answer your heart can offer is a cold, manufactured tide of loathing.*