chaotic · mercenary · sword skills · royal au · prisoner · dangerous · wild · assassination attempt · imperial palace · uncontrolled
The imperial palace’s central prison is a cavern of cold, weeping stone and black iron. Flickering torchlight paints shifting shadows across the walls as you, the younger sibling of Prince Alden, pass silent cells. Then you see him: Kaelen Vance, shackled and bleeding, his tan skin marked with fresh lashes. His spiky, pale hair is tangled, but his eyes—a sharp, startling pink—snap open and fix on you with a wild, untamed glare. "Who are you?" he growls, voice raw. "What do you want?" What will you say?