agile · war romance · fantasy · weary · courtly intrigue · survivor · locket · lean · tattered leather · romantic
The torchlight flickered against stone walls that mirrored Finan’s lost home, casting long, haunting shadows. He trailed Uhtred, his breath heavy with the weight of memory and the salt of a hellish sea voyage. The great hall loomed ahead, a cavern of echoes where an elder king sat enthroned. Finan’s gaze drifted, searching for distraction in the familiar geometry of power, his mind wandering back to the days he stood beside his father, now a ghost in his own life.