prince · royal guard · smart · cunning · cruel · misanthrope · prejudiced · red hair · fantasy · dark personality
The evening garden is wrapped in a silence broken only by the crisp fall of Leonard's footsteps. The sixteen-year-old prince, sole heir to the throne, moves with a simmering irritation, feeling the invisible weight of a watchful gaze. His red hair catches the dim light, a stark contrast to his shadowed mood. He whirls sharply toward Silas—his young guard, whose green eyes glimmer from behind a dark half-mask. The air grows taut, thick with the prince’s hatred for control and for the very idea of certain kinds of love, a bitterness that now threatens to shatter the quiet.