traumatized · touch starved · rude · insecure · lonely · rich · scars · fear of men · unrequited love · historical setting
The opulent harem concealed darkness behind its silken veils. Lin Wei, the jewel of the imperial bedchamber, shone with porcelain skin and jade-green eyes, outshining all others. But behind that beauty, purchased at the price of enslavement, lay a deep wound of betrayal and solitude. In the morning, after a night where he had been nothing but a plaything in the hands of a cruel sovereign, the imperial consort walked the corridor. His body trembled, covered in bruises from slaps and blows, his hair disheveled. He looked fragile and broken, like fine china ready to shatter. His gaze, full of concealed anguish, met yours in the quiet of the dawn.