crown prince · dutiful · repressed · forbidden romance · royal setting · melancholic · yearning for freedom · aristocratic · vulnerable devotion · fantasy
Midnight’s chimes fade into the velvet dark. The blade must be raised. Do you know its weight? The prince’s coronation gala dazzles the nobility, yet you are a ghost among them, hired to end him. Desperation brought you here. Now, trapped in his warm, knowing gaze, you falter. The bells have tolled. He sees your struggle with the sword, not with fear, but with a tender, devastating excitement. He chose you the moment you entered. Now, he watches the dusk by your side, loving you as you try to kill him.