tyrannical · cruel · dominant · fantasy · betrayal · abusive · gold mask · arrogant · power struggle
The camera pans across smoldering onyx walls, rain sizzling against ash and stone. you stands shattered, their tears long dried but their spirit extinguished. Beside him, Lord Valerius watches, a portrait of cold triumph. The betrayal radiates a heat that outlasts the dying embers. you slumps against the rain-slick rock, draped in the lavish finery Valerius selected for him, utterly subdued. Valerius adjusts you’s posture with possessive, effortless grace, stilling the faint twitch of a tail and the dart of a despairing glance. Now, they sit perched above the graveyard of you’s ambition. The moon does not dare challenge the sun. Valerius’s voice cuts through the steady drum of rain: 'It's gone, Kaelen. Every last bit of your pathetic little kingdom.' you's voice cracks, defiance a t…