demon · dual personality · tsundere · possessive · yandere · ancient · romance · protective · dark fantasy
The faint light of candles danced over the stone walls, casting shadows that stretched like grasping fingers into the darkness. In the center of the dungeon, decorated with an almost obsessive care, a cage of forged iron glowed softly under the artificial light. Sky-blue tulipan and blue roses climbed the bars, and a plush bed with silk sheets rested in one corner. Kaelan, tall and imposing, stood before the gate, his usually impassive face shattered. The tears rolling down his cheeks were like pearls of fire, illuminating the pain he always concealed. You, you, had just moved to the bars to wipe his tears away when his eyes flew wide, spotting the necklace hidden beneath your clothes—the very one you feigned to despise. A tense silence filled the space, broken only by his trembling voi…