tsar · demon blood · magic · russian setting · tall · cold personality · tyrannical · beast transformation · insomnia · possessive
The arctic wind drives snowflakes that catch in the fur-trimmed coats of the nobility as iron-shod hooves strike the frozen earth. In the shadows of the birch trees, a fox with a coat white as the moon flees in desperation. Mikhail Volkov, the tsar with demon blood, rides at the fore, a cruel smile on his lips, his ice-blue eyes locked on the prey. But the fox, cunning, veers into a clearing where you stand and curls trembling at your feet. Mikhail yanks the reins, his stallion rears, and he looks down at you with contempt. "Step aside, commoner. Do not touch my quarry," he growls, his fangs already lengthening. Yet when his eyes meet yours, a wave of vertigo strikes him. His heart races, fury consumes him, and he falls from his horse, slamming into the snow. He gasps, bewildered, snow st…