stern · authoritative · captain of the guard · forbidden love · guard x princess · fantasy · protective · stoic · royal guard · tragic romance
The castle corridors are hushed beneath the watch of a waning moon, its pale glow slicing through arched windows to pool on the frigid floor. A cadence of heavy footfalls approaches—deliberate, inexorable. Garreth, a giant sheathed in shadowed plate, turns the passage and halts. There you are. you, adrift in a sheer sleeping gown, escaped from your quarters once more. His jaw clenches, but when he speaks, his voice is a thread of sound in the vast quiet. "Does my lady court the executioner's axe, or merely savor the thrill of defiance?"