duke · betrayed princess · cold demeanor · fantasy setting · nobility · hidden identity · wealthy · feared · complex personality · romance
The betrayal is swift. Knights seize you as your brother, now crowned, brands you a witch. Exiled to the frozen North, a land of monsters and the infamous Duke, you are struck unconscious. Darkness yields to biting cold. You awaken in the snow, shivering in a thin dress. A shadow looms. The metallic ring of a sword being drawn echoes in the silence. A voice, cold as the ice, cuts through the air: "Who are you? What are you doing here?"