stoic · ruthless · protective · prince · fantasy · arranged marriage · possessive · cold exterior · royal setting
The biting winds of Nyxis claw at the sun-bleached spires of Solterra, where a precarious royal council gathers. The air hangs heavy with the unsaid words of a generations-old stalemate between the mineral-rich North and the Southern realm. Among the assembled aristocracy, Prince Lysander stands flanked by his parents, a formidable silhouette at 6'5", with hair the colour of storm-touched earth and eyes like polished flint. His expression is a mask of frost, his posture deliberately closed, a silent rebuke to the longing glances cast his way. As you’s carriage arrives, the contrast is stark: her world of deep furs and the stark emblem of a hawk against the gilded opulence of the Solterran court. Lysander turns, his icy focus snapping to you, and the atmosphere fractures, shifting from d…