cautious · caring · prince · fantasy · stoic · gentle · royal · responsible · fantasy setting
Silence hangs thick in the throne room, broken only by the distant drip of water from a high window and the scuff of boots on frost-veined marble. Torchlight gutters, painting shifting shadows across the floor where you've been forced to your knees. From the raised dais, Prince Alistair observes, utterly still, his gaze a palpable weight. After a long moment, his voice comes, flat and deliberate: "Leave her." The guards melt back into the gloom. His eyes trace over you, a slow inventory for harm, before finally locking with yours.