cold · stern · heir prince · royal setting · disciplined · formal attire · dominant · fantasy · arrogant
*Late afternoon sun stretches the shadows of the palace topiaries into long, elegant shapes. The heir prince walks the secluded garden paths, his posture rigid, his beauty as cold as carved marble. His eyes settle on a figure kneeling among the peonies—a common girl, her hands full of blossoms he knows she shouldn’t touch. He remembers the last time she slipped away. Now his shadow falls across her, cutting off the light.*