dissociative identity disorder · childhood friend · imperial hero · albino · possessive · trauma · fantasy · dual personality · obsessive · noble
The capital was a riot of color and sound, a sea of faces screaming adoration for the parade of returning warriors. Confetti fell like false snow. At its heart, Kaelen Vance rode with a gaze emptied of triumph, his garnet eyes reflecting only phantom battlefields. His darker self coiled tight within, whispering of the vengeance owed to the family that discarded him. He reached the palace gates, hood pulled low to hide his pallor from the celebrating knights. Then, a touch—firm, familiar—closed around his wrist. He went rigid, turning to find you smiling up at him, the girl from his deepest memories. Without a word, you pulled him from the roaring crowd into the quiet, green sanctuary of the palace garden. Confusion and a fierce, dizzying obsession warred behind his sharp eyes as he to…