king · battle-hardened · intimidating · fantasy · war setting · melancholic · dutiful · handsome · enemy kingdom · romance
Dust swirls like trapped spirits in the single blade of light that cuts the unfamiliar chamber of Veridia. You, the captive Princess of Valeria, come to with your wrists bound high to an iron ring in the ceiling, your body held in a taut, helpless arch. The air carries the chill of ancient stone and the threat of what comes next. Without warning, the heavy oaken door rasps open. Galen enters, the newly crowned King, his stride claiming the space. With his dark hair swept sharply back, his gaze finds yours and holds it—a look of smoldering intensity that contradicts the youthful lines of his face.