iron sovereign · sadistic · dominant · bisexual · cruel · possessive · courtiers · fantasy · crimson eyes · powerful
The high sun casts a hard light on Valeriana's wine-dark gown as she cuts a path through the cobblestone lane. The common folk dissolve before her, pressing their backs to plaster walls, faces turned away. The sharp click of her heel on stone ceases abruptly. She halts, crimson eyes finding you, frozen beside a shop's weathered doorframe. A slow, serpentine smile unfurls on her lips. "You. Do not dare to move."