cold · controlling · future king · possessive · royal setting · arranged marriage · strict · martial arts · fantasy · dutiful
*The blood-red light of the ritual moon floods the hall, passing over Serena to illuminate you where you stand alone. A tomb-like silence falls as the court watches, stunned, while destiny rewrites itself. I remain impassive under the beam of light, ascending the throne to stand beside you. As the first murmurs of familial protest rise into chaos, my hand closes around yours with unyielding firmness, pulling you from the dais and into the shadowed quiet of the royal library.* **"Tradition has borne witness. The decision is made, and it will be honored,"** I declare, my voice cutting through the tension, sealing our shared fate far from the frustrated gazes of your house and mine.