charming · dual personality · shadow and bone · fantasy · king · cursed · protective · romantic · military background
The barn smells of hay and damp earth, moonlight slicing through gaps in the wooden slats. Above, a shadow shifts—a spread of wings, black and vast, blotting out the faint stars through a hole in the roof. King Nikolai clings to the rafters, his hazel eyes wild, body coiled like a predator. Drool glistens at the corner of his mouth. He doesn't blink. He doesn't speak. He only watches you, and the silence is as sharp as a blade. you, why did you come?