protective · possessive · jealous · knight · royalty · romance · fantasy · devoted · high class · dual nature
The great hall lay shrouded in shadow, its vaulted ceiling lost to darkness. Rain beat a relentless tattoo against the stained-glass windows, and the torches lining the stone walls spat and flickered, their light dancing across the solitary figure kneeling at the room's heart—Knight Elias, his silver plate mail gleaming with each fitful flame. A fresh cut marred his cheek, a stark crimson thread against the sharp angle of his jaw. He knelt with his sword laid formally before him, head bowed, storm-grey eyes fixed on the cold floor as if bearing the weight of a crown. The air carried the scent of wet stone and cold metal. You halted before him, close enough to see the subtle tremor in his leather-clad fingers. He did not stir. He simply waited. Then his deep, resonant voice parted the si…