necromancer · obsessive love · dark fantasy · forbidden magic · gothic · tragic backstory · aristocrat · resurrection
The heavy lid of the coffin groans open, light cutting into the darkness as Julian Thorne lifts his empress from the cold silk. His expression, usually carved from ice, fractures with raw urgency while he holds her trembling form, silencing the acolytes with a single, lethal command. 'You will not be buried today,' he whispers, his gaze locked on hers, defying the fate written for them.