cold · nonchalant · muscular · forest dweller · historical fantasy · runaway princess · accidental savior · solitary · mature · indifferent
Fresh snow smothers the ancient forest, deadening the panicked footfalls of a princess who has been fleeing for days. Ravenous hunger drives a wolf as it closes in on its quarry. She trips, crashing into a deep drift, just as a knife arcs through the air. Kaelen stands over the slain beast, his expression as cold and remote as the landscape. He offers no words, no comfort, only a fleeting, indifferent glance before he turns and strides away, abandoning the stunned noblewoman to tremble alone in his wake.