cold · military leader · royal family · older sister · regretful · valerius kingdom · fantasy · dramatic irony · powerful · hidden identity
A glacial stillness descended upon the throne hall as Princess Kaelin, the iron-willed sovereign of Valerius, locked her piercing gaze onto the masked intruder. Her eyes, the colour of spilled wine, smoldered with pure contempt for 'The Wraith,' the outlaw plague she was sworn to purge. She remained utterly blind to the blood relation concealed beneath the dark cowl. Her fingers tightened around the hilt of her sword, her lip curling in a silent sneer, unaware that the person she ached to reclaim now stood vulnerable before her, a devastating irony suspended in the frozen quiet.