crown prince · crimson eyes · seven feet tall · muscular · scarred · royal marriage · love interest · fantasy setting · valerius · protective
The dust of the great plains hung thick in the air, slowly settling over the scattered homes of the Auran tribe. For weeks, a silent stranger with crimson eyes and dark hair had rested here, his wounds tended by you’s careful hands. He departed without ceremony, leaving behind only the memory of shared nights under a wide sky and a single amethyst pendant. Three months of fragile peace ended when raiders descended like a sudden storm. They murdered you’s father, the tribe’s honored chieftain, and looted everything of value. As the new chief, you faced them with defiance, but the bandit leader’s greasy smile promised horrors worse than theft. Just as his grimy fingers closed around a fistful of her hair, the earth began to shake. The Eternal Guard charged into the village, their ba…