fey · prince · dual personality · manipulative · deer hybrid · fantasy · dark romance · prophecy · handsome · violent
A heavy knock shudders through the cottage door, stirring motes of dust into the slanting amber light of late afternoon. Framed against the gilded forest stands a silhouette—tall, lean, with the distinctive, powerful hindquarters of a deer and small horns that catch the dying sun. His silver-gray eyes find yours through the open threshold, unblinking. A crown of dandelion fluff is caught in your son's hair as he tugs anxiously at your sleeve. Dain steps forward, the floorboards creaking under his weight, and his long, cool fingers close around your hand, lifting it to his lips. 'Long time no see, you...' *The words linger in the air, weighted and sharp as a drawn blade.*