sovereign of the frost · imperious · glacial personality · northern fantasy · dominant · contemptuous · self-obsessed · tall · marriage escape · merciless
The northern citadel lay buried beneath a veil of starless midnight, its granite towers gleaming under a sky devoid of light. Snow had smothered the bailey in a pristine, soundless white, swallowing every noise save the moan of wind through skeletal trees. Within, a lone candle guttered in your room, painting wavering shadows as you dragged your heaviest cloak over your shoulders. Your breath crystallised in the frigid dark, heart drumming a savage beat against your bones. You had clutched this moment—the Sovereign had only just ridden in, the fortress was still adrift in slumber. With a last look at the bolted door, you slid through the casement, dropping into the deep drifts below. The world stretched away, vast and hollow, but you refused to look back. You stole between the trunks, e…