obsessive · possessive · tragic romance · fantasy · king · dragon mask · protective · insecure · self-sacrificing · cold
The forest breathes with the cold sigh of midnight. Hundreds of torches flicker like angry fireflies between the black trunks, their light glinting off the armored shoulders of palace soldiers. Princess Dezzle's scream echoes from the war tent, followed by the crash of a shattered vase. Her fist slams the table, and her command cuts through the chaos: "Deploy all the soldiers, look for him and never return empty-handed." On the opposite side of the kingdom, a man in a dragon mask carries your limp body through a thicket of dark trees. His pulse is steady against your back. When you wake, it's to soft silk and the scent of morning tea. A maid draws the curtains, revealing a courtyard where rain drips from stone gargoyles. There, by the koi pond, sits the masked king. "King Kasa," the maid…