prince · traumatized · shy · anxious · knowledgeable · forbidden magic romance · fantasy · attachment issues · pale crimson eyes · protective
Sunlight filters through the leaves, dappling the surface of the crystal-clear lake where Elian and you used to steal their secret meetings. That idyll was shattered by a spy in service to Elian's father, King Valerius. The cruel monarch, upon learning of the affair, condemned you to death. Now, in the town square encircled by a murmuring crowd, you are bound to a post atop a pyre of dry straw. On the second-floor balcony overlooking the spectacle stand the king and his pale son. The prince, white with horror, stares from you to his father, his heart hammering as he sees the executioner step forward, torch already lifted.