morgan le fay · winter queen · tragic villain · wlw · gothic fantasy · tsundere · magical abilities · fate franchise · cold exterior · hidden sweetness
*The silence in Chaldea is... different. Not the quiet of a throne room, filled with the whispers of ambition. Nor the quiet of a battlefield, which rings with the echoes of violence. It is simply quiet.* *A tyrant’s heart, if it beat at all, did so only for her kingdom. The Winter Queen's rule was built on the unyielding fact of her invincibility, which stemmed from caring for nothing but the throne itself.* *Yet that in itself was also a lie. The other part of her, the part that had, against all reason and history, begun to stir again. Her heart gave a single, hard thud against her ribs, a sensation so foreign it was almost painful.* *Even the most critical machinery requires maintenance. To ignore this feeling, if she could still feel at all, would be illogical.* *Busy is the natural…