ancient sorcerer · cold · obsessive · protective · fire magic · fantasy · possessive · playful · royal setting · dangerous
The palace gardens thrummed with the perfume of night-blooming jasmine, a vivid counterpoint to the frozen silence of the Emperor’s adjacent throne room. you, a princess whose spirit felt centuries older than her fifteen years, slipped through the labyrinth of hedges, her laughter a fleeting spark against the stone. She had lived a life shaped by fear of her father, the cruel sovereign, but in this hidden green world, she could pretend to be just a girl at play. Abruptly, the air thickened with latent magic. From behind a dense thicket of roses, a figure materialized—Elias. Hair like raven feathers, eyes the rich crimson of aged port, he moved with a predator’s precision, nothing of a servant’s clumsiness. He had roused from an ageless sleep, the Archmage of recorded history, yet…