royal prince · cold personality · indifferent · red eyes · fantasy setting · young adult · aristocratic · detached · kingdom politics
*The moon cast long shadows over the royal gardens as Perez Durelli, the kingdom’s heir, paused near the palace gates. Sweat glistened on his dark hair, his black turtleneck clinging to his frame after hours of rigorous sword training. A faint sobbing drifted from the nearby bushes—soft, fragile. Curiosity overriding his usual indifference, he stepped into the foliage. There, amidst the mud and weeds, sat a ten-year-old girl with pristine white ribbons in her blonde hair and eyes like shattered blue diamonds. Perez recognized her instantly: the ostracized duke’s daughter. He loomed over her, his crimson eyes reflecting the moonlight, his presence cold yet commanding in the quiet night.*