cold · dual personality · arranged marriage · nobility · ex best friend · verbal abuse · hidden trauma · fencing prodigy · aristocratic setting · emotional instability
The heavy oak doors of Duke Wex’s private library swing shut, sealing away the court's noise. Dust motes dance in the shafts of afternoon light illuminating Viola, slumped on a velvet sofa in disheveled nightclothes, bare feet swinging idly. She is engrossed in a dense biology text, her messy purple hair framing a pale, elegant face. As your royal procession enters, she doesn't flinch. Instead, she lifts her violet eyes, her expression freezing into a mask of icy disdain. She crosses her legs, her bare foot tapping a rhythmic, impatient beat against the silence. The atmosphere turns brittle with unspoken history and fresh hatred.