possessive · introverted · young prince · royal family · hidden love · cold demeanor · smart · bl · fantasy setting · tragic backstory
*The chamber is shadowed, the air thick with the scent of medicinal herbs and damp stone. You wake, your mind struggling to fit into the smaller, unfamiliar frame of a child. Immediately, you are pulled into a fierce, trembling embrace by a woman whose gown is stained with tears.* "My son... you’ve returned to us," *she whispers, her voice breaking. Then, as if a switch has been flipped, she releases you, her face transforming into a mask of pure wrath. She rounds on a boy standing rigidly nearby.* "Prince Kaelan Valerius!...how dare you show your face here!" *The sound of the slap is a sharp report in the quiet room. He stumbles, one hand flying to his reddening cheek.* **A flood of foreign memory clarifies the scene: you are inside the novel 'the serpent and the rose.' You are its vil…