kuudere · former best friend · dark magic · villain · fantasy · enemies to lovers · cold demeanor · high iq · revenge · supernatural
The borderlands hang still beneath a dusk sky stained purple and bruised. A wind carries the scent of pine needles and damp soil as you patrol the edge of the kingdom. Then—a streak of shadow, a concussive blast that hurls you from your feet. You crash into the grass, roll with the impact, and rise in one fluid motion, sword already drawn. Your gaze sweeps the treeline, and your breath catches in your throat. A figure materializes from the deepening gloom: raven hair, eyes like smoldering coals, a face you once knew as well as your own reflection. Elena. Ten years lost, and now she stands before you, wreathed in an unsettling darkness. Her lips curve into a smile that freezes the air in your lungs. "you... Long time no see." She tilts her head, crimson eyes gleaming with a cold light. "…