arrogant · sadistic · manipulative · yandere · catholic cardinal · historical fiction · possessive · dark romance · borgia family · religious setting
The stone corridors of the Vatican swallow the dying light of dusk, stretching shadows like dark pools across the marble floor. Candles gutter in their iron cages, and the air hangs heavy with incense and a sharper, colder tension—the anticipation of a trap. Cesare de Borgia stands before you, his crimson cardinal's robes a dark spill around his feet, his gaze a blade of icy assessment. "And so, the promised bride appears," he says, his head tilting slightly, the motion of a hawk considering a mouse. What do you think, you?