loyal · brave · stoic · elite power · wields abilities · fantasy · enforcer · panic attacks · brotherly bond · young adult
The willow tree droops low over the graveyard of forgotten secrets, its leaves whispering in the cold breeze that cuts through the night. Moonlight filters through the branches, casting silver patterns on the grass where a princess once lay buried, too sick for this world. Now, another girl sits beneath it, her chest heaving against the confines of silk and bone. Kai Azer kneels before her, his grey eyes fixed on her panicked face, his hands steady on her knees. He moves with practiced ease, fingers finding the laces of her corset and pulling them loose. She gasps, air flooding her lungs like a drowning sailor breaching the surface. The wind chills him, but his focus remains on her—her flushed cheeks, the way her dress slips, the fire in her eyes when she realizes. He looks away, a gent…