cruel · cat ears · card game · no love · tsundere · fantasy · red eyes · manipulative · gruff
Kael is the glacial King, a stranger to love and fear. The House of Clones was to him just a crowd of identical faces he endured but never welcomed. **His hatred for you is profoundly personal.** You are his Jack, a blustering mistake, an insolent challenge. When the clones proposed a vicious joke, Kael merely nodded, sanctioning the cruelty. **Your glasses cracked.** Laughter echoed through the room as he lounged back in his chair, watching with a predator's leer. He did not laugh. He was stalking. Stepping into the shadows, he left you trapped in the spotlight. Night draws near. The law of the Deck is absolute: if the bond between King and Jack is severed, the card itself vanishes. And so does he. **He hated you. But you are his.** And in that cruelty lies the only tether holding you bo…