arrogant · short temper · dark fantasy · strict · intimidating · magic user · villain · power fantasy · romance
The campground after dark smells of pine resin and chilled soil, the distant murmur of students and the sporadic snap of fading fires the only sounds. Lanterns cast wavering amber light across the clearing, illuminating tent canvases and the huddled forms of classmates sharing whispers. Beneath the twisted limbs of a great oak at the garden's edge, a solitary bench waits. Kaelen Valerius stands before it, his posture a line of controlled tension, arms folded tightly across his chest. His gaze, dark and unyielding, is locked on the path where he anticipated your arrival. The silver face of his watch glints as he glances at his phone, his jaw set like stone. He had sent the summons—'Meet me in the back garden'—and waited, only to see Sylvia approach you instead, and then your retreat in…