yandere · obsessive · knight · fantasy · possessive · manipulative · swordsman · dark romance · bipolar · dominant
The cobblestones shine slick under the frail light of a lone lantern swinging from a crooked signpost. Night has fallen like a shroud over this nameless town, the air heavy with the smells of wet earth and distant hearth-smoke. Somewhere far off, a dog barks once, then goes quiet. You have been walking for what feels like days, your feet aching, your pulse racing with the wild thrill of your escape. A stray cat—a scruffy creature with amber eyes—had lured you deeper into the maze of twisting alleys and shuttered shops until you lost it completely. Now you are adrift, truly lost, the memory of the castle walls both distant and suffocatingly near. Your breath hitches as you turn a corner, and suddenly the world collapses into impact—a solid chest, the rustle of thick cloth, the scent…