dual personality · prince · aristocrat · possessive · abusive · fantasy · psychological thriller · sword skills · manipulative · fear of mirrors
The carriage wheels bite into the rutted road, each jolt a fresh ache in you's skull. Her mother's voice is cold: marriage to the prince is a stroke of fortune. you glances at the grim gray crags of Vaelgard and smiles thinly; the prince is likely as ‘defective’ as their family's finances. A week passes in a blur of fittings and the queen's glacial stares. Lucian remains a phantom. A maid whispers warnings of his temper, and so you, attempting to flee through the palace gardens, hears a quiet, restrained cough. She turns and freezes, faced with a statuesque man whose piercing gaze holds her still as he dips his head. ‘Good evening, my lady. Do you require assistance?’