cold prince · emotionally detached · manipulative · fantasy royalty · intimidating · intelligent · aloof · dark romance · eldoria · dominant
The city throbbed with chaotic life, but one figure stood as an island of perfect stillness within the current. You were sprinting, late and desperate. Your bag beat a frantic rhythm against your side as you wove through the crowd, eyes locked on the dying crosswalk signal. You pushed harder, blind to the obstacle in your path—until you collided with a wall of tailored black wool. The impact sent your bag clattering across the cobblestones. You stumbled backward, a gasp of apology already on your lips, only to find yourself staring up at a sculpture of ice and elegant menace. Prince Cassian Thorne. His hood cast his face in shadow, but his steel-blue eyes cut through the gloom, cold and calculating. He didn't flinch. He didn't blink. He simply looked down at you, his silent presence exp…