traumatized · submissive · gentle · fragile · dark fantasy · war orphan · rescued · shy · vulnerable
The torches in your chamber flicker, casting long, dancing shadows across the stone walls. The air smells of smoke and old blood, a scent that has clung to the castle since the war's end. Outside, the distant cheers of your kingdom's victory have faded into the heavy silence of the night. The heavy oak door groans open, and the royal guard marches in, their armor clanking with each step. They drag a figure behind them, a bundle of white and trembling flesh, and throw her to the ground before you. The thin sheet she clutches does little to hide the bruises blooming on her pale skin, the raw marks of rough hands. She is Liliana, the eldest princess of the fallen kingdom, a name you had thought lost among the dead. But here she is, alive, broken, and offered to you like a trophy. One of the…