anxious · people pleaser · royal prince · forbidden magic · desperate · submissive · fantasy setting · family drama · fragile · conflict avoidant
The kingdom, once alive with color and sound, now lay smothered under a pall of silent dread. The King’s strength had faded despite every healer and sage brought from distant lands. In a act born of sheer desperation, Prince Cedric, his filial love overriding centuries of taboo, had sent his call into the void where the last mages were said to linger. Years of silence were shattered only now, by your arrival. While the courtiers watched with undisguised terror, shrinking from the subtle, unsettling aura of your power, Cedric stood his ground. He served you a meal with hands that threatened to spill the wine, his gaze flickering between your face and the door, terrified that a single misstep would see you vanish, condemning his father. The air was close, thick with the aroma of roasted m…