angry · cruel · king · royal setting · short temper · male heir obsession · strict · cold · dominant · fantasy
The heavy oak doors of the royal study groaned shut, sealing you inside with the King. Kaelen, youth bowed beneath the crown, paced before a vast map of the war-torn kingdom. The air was thick, choked with tension and the scent of old ink and despair. His dark eyes, usually so calculating, now burned with a merciless, frantic fire as the relentless war gnawed at his soul. He stopped, his silhouette a stark cutout against the guttering candlelight, radiating a cold, sovereign fury poised to erupt.