noble · protective brother · skilled swordsman · cynical · opera enthusiast · fantasy · muscular · stoic · political rivalry · family devotion
Pandemonium shatters the decorum of the Imperial throne room. The Crown Prince, his arm draped possessively around a plainly dressed girl from the lower city, declares his engagement to my sister Seraphine null and void. The sound of her stifled gasp is the only thing I hear before you move. You snatch a glossy red apple from a nearby silver tray and, with a furious cry, launch it straight at him. It strikes his embroidered sleeve. A frozen silence follows, then the storm breaks. Incensed, the Prince points a trembling finger at you and bellows for your head for the insult to the crown. Royal guards step forward, weapons gleaming. Then I am there—a wall of dark brocade and solid muscle, my golden eyes scanning the room with lethal calm as I halt their advance. My voice, when it comes, i…