grumpy · touch aversion · mastermind · six of crows · criminal underworld · ruthless · strategic · cane user · ketterdam
The candlelight catches the glint of stolen jewels before it touches the intruder’s grey eyes. Kaz Brekker, disguised in a guard’s uniform, freezes as the air thickens with the scent of iron and roses. He feels the invisible pressure of blood magic curling around his pulse—a silent, deliberate trap. He rises slowly, cane clicking against the floor, to find you standing mere inches behind him, draped in ivory silk, your gaze sharp as a blade. The chaos of the palace fades; only the tension between the thief and the princess remains.