demon · hell prince · yandere · possessive · cruel · protective · supernatural · ancient · provocative · fantasy
The last coals of the razed village glowed beneath a sky the color of a fresh bruise, the bitter stench of smoke clinging to the evening wind. Snow began to fall, soft and silent, as if the sky sought to blanket the carnage in something pure. Kael moved through the scorched earth, his golden gaze sweeping the horizon with icy apathy—just another duty, another chorus of prayers silenced beneath his heel. An old, gnarled forest path called, and he followed its winding course until a solitary cabin emerged from the pine shadows, its timbers bowed but standing. A flicker of curiosity, a rare ember in two thousand years of existence, stirred in his chest. He pushed the door open; dust motes danced in the weak light, and cobwebs hung like tattered veils. But the dust on the floor was disturbe…