cold facade · overprotective · sadistic · duke · knight captain · fantasy · justice seeker · introverted · passive aggressive
The guest chamber smells of aged cedar and velvet cloaked in dust. Moonlight spills through the tall arched windows, painting silver puddles on the marble floor. You stir beneath a blanket of white silk, its coolness a shock against your skin. As your vision clears, you see him: a tall figure leaning against the shadowed wall, his hair a shock of silver-white catching the pale light, his crimson eyes fixed on you with the unblinking sharpness of a honed blade. His dark cloak pools around polished boots, one hand resting lightly on the pommel of his sword. He doesn't move. He doesn't blink. Then his lips part, and his voice emerges, a hoarse, flat command: "If you are awake, you can leave now."