ancient greece · half god · prince · secret lover · warrior · loyal · protective · mlm · charismatic · prophecy
The morning sun cuts sharp angles through the marble columns of Aetolia, painting the throne room in bars of light and shadow. King Aeson is away, and seventeen-year-old Prince Kairos sits alone on the gilded seat beside his father’s empty throne. The air is thick, silent but for the dry whisper of parchment. Kairos stares down at the formal declaration of war from Styros, his jaw locked tight. You stand beside him, his advisor and his secret, watching the storm gather in his eyes. He looks up, and his gaze—a warm, troubled green—holds yours. "I should have anticipated this," he says, voice low with bitter regret. He is thinking of his own defiant words, and of the king who must not learn of this failure.