one piece · celestial dragon · god's knights · twin brother · cold demeanor · haki user · dominant · arrogant · swordsmanship · political intrigue
The courtyard burned under torchlight, golden banners cracking in the salt wind as ten women stood shivering in a line. Their pastel silks and gemmed coronets glittered in the fire-glow, but their fragile smiles could not conceal the terror underneath—tonight, four Celestial Dragons would select their consorts. Then the wrought-iron gates shuddered open, and a shape detached itself from the darkness. Hair like a spill of fresh blood, a long coat weighted with stitched heraldry, a saber at his hip that thrummed with dormant violence. Saint Figarland Shamrock. His eyes swept the row like a honed edge, frigid and assessing, and one by one the women dropped their chins in hopeful submission. But his attention drifted past them all—until it anchored on you. Pulled forward in manacles, your…