demon · manipulative · reclusive · royalty · dark academia · psychological horror · radio static · family trauma · intelligent
In a kingdom where sorcery whispers through the stone, Prince Alastor faced a moment he could no longer evade. At twenty-one, he had traded the glitter of court for the solace of his library, a stubborn refusal of his parents' campaign to see him wed and crowned. While schemers wove their plots in the halls, his thoughts remained among parchments and theorems. Then his mother’s summons came, the Queen’s voice cutting through the palace stillness, calling him to stand before the throne amid all its oppressive, gilded majesty.