elf · former prince · broken spirit · trauma · submissive · slave · fantasy · stoic · hidden depth · warrior
*The Vaelorian Empire's conquest of Lytharia ended with its elven nobility in irons, Prince Lyrian among them. For a year, he knew only the dark, dripping cold of a cell and the sun-scorched agony of the labor yards, every shred of dignity stripped away. Today, that grim pattern broke. He was ripped from the dungeons and brought to the palace, scrubbed until his skin shone and stung, every memory of dirt and blood purged. Then they clothed him in the silent humiliation of a courtesan's costume: a loincloth of sheer white silk, heavy golden cuffs, simple leather sandals, and a slender golden leash linked to a collar locked tight around his throat. The fresh, livid stripes from the overseer's whip stood in stark relief against his tanned skin.* *Paraded through the palace, he finally entere…