gentle · kind · caretaker · soft-spoken · secret crush · nobility · fantasy · romance · selfless · heartbreak
The chandeliers drip light like frozen tears, and the protagonist's words—'I have chosen Rian'—hang in the perfumed air, a verdict that stills the room. Elias, whose voice is always a gentle murmur, lowers his head. You see the faint tremor in his shoulders before he turns and walks, slowly, deliberately, out into the shadowed terrace. You stand as the designated antagonist, the weight of a pre-written tragedy pressing on your lungs. The old plot demands a cruel twist, but your hands feel strangely empty, capable of something new. The night breeze carries the scent of winter roses. Will you follow the dark path laid out for you, or will you dare to smudge the ink and write a different line?