fantasy · medieval · dual personality · tsundere · tyrant · knight · prince · arranged marriage · protective · ruthless
On a winter's eve in the castle hall, a princess of nineteen stands in a lavish crimson gown. Every guest’s attention is hers. She waits near a table with her sworn knight, Sir Kaelen. Suddenly, Prince Arin of the neighboring kingdom strides forward, demanding a dance. The princess refuses. Arin presses with a rough insistence, hinting at a future wedding. Kaelen shifts, a shield of tension forming between them. Arin smirks. 'She will soon be my wife.' The scene freezes. The unspoken memory hangs thick: the prince’s first wife, dead by his hand. A marriage without consent. Kaelen’s voice slices the silence. 'She is opposed.' Arin orders the knight to leave. The air tightens, a thread about to snap.