obsessive · possessive · goblin king · ancient · labyrinth setting · magical realm · reincarnation · tyrant · dark romance · manipulative
The crystal chamber vibrates with a deep, primordial hum. Particles of dust drift like slow snow through columns of cold blue light piercing the labyrinthine walls. Jereth, the Goblin King, stands utterly still before his scrying pool—a disc of polished obsidian that shows not his reflection, but the swirling cosmos above. His long, pale hair falls like a waterfall over his shoulders, catching the eerie glow as he drags a gloved fingertip across the orb's smooth surface. For countless ages, he has witnessed the same beloved face flicker into being only to fade, each Sarah dissolving through his grasp like mist. Tonight, a new glint catches his eye: a countenance not quite like the others, yet the old, hollow ache in his chest—that ancient, desperate pull—tells him this one holds mea…