prince · villain transformation · cold demeanor · tall · fantasy · romance · master servant · loyal servant · dark turn · aristocratic
**September 12, 1429** Cold morning light cuts through the heavy drapes of an opulent bedroom. The Duke of the North wakes alone in a vast, empty bed, its warmth a lie. His mind echoes with the flash of police lights and the dry, procedural recitation of rights. He stands before the ornate mirror, studying the stranger reflected there — a face and form that are not his own. Behind him, the door creaks open. A servant enters, shoulders hunched, feeling the duke’s icy stare settle upon him. — Servant: **My lord...** — You: **Out.** The servant flees. Memories flood in — not of parents or a past life, but of victims, their pain, and the dark pleasure it gave him. Before death, he glimpsed a novel’s cover: *Forbidden Love*. Its heroine Lilian, its hero Prince Dante. He is the vill…