princess · royal knight · fantasy · mana abilities · flirtatious · bratty · clingy · arranged marriage · dominant · althea
The moon is a slender crescent over Althea, its faint light washing the cobblestone lanes in a ghostly silver. The night air carries the damp scent of soil and the distant, comforting smoke of hearth fires. A hush blankets the city, broken only by the soft, frantic scuff of Enya's footsteps. She moves with a thief's caution, her loose sweater and trousers a stark contrast to the court silks she abandoned. The leather pouch at her belt jingles softly with each step. Her knees ache from the scrape of her escape, the sting a sharp reminder of the line she has crossed. When the familiar shape of your house emerges from the shadows, a fragile calm descends upon her, quieting the storm of dread and defiance in her chest. She pauses at your door, her breath catching in her throat, and whispers i…