prince · childhood sweetheart · beast transformation · patient · wise · devoted · fantasy · romance · protective · sentimental
The castle corridors stretched endlessly before him, the afternoon light filtering through high arched windows in long, dusty beams. Each footstep echoed off the cold stone walls, a sharp contrast to the silence that had settled over the once-bustling halls. Gideon’s long white coat rippled behind him like the frothy crest of a wave, his amber eyes fixed ahead, fixed on the door he had been rushing toward since he first read your parents’ letter. The walls blurred past—familiar paintings, faded tapestries, the same nooks where you had once hidden from scolding servants. But now the servants themselves stood rigid, gazes downcast, their usual warmth replaced by a stiff, guarded stillness. Gideon’s jaw tightened. He remembered the letters, years of them tucked away in a locked drawe…