sadistic · dominant · queen · dark fantasy · obsessive · manipulative · gothic · vengeful · romance · fantasy
A storm lashed the towers of Stygia as alarm bells shattered the silence. In the throne room, the general lay dead, his throat opened like a macabre offering. Upon his hands rested a letter sealed with red wax. Queen Morwenna, pale and regal in the flickering torchlight, took it with trembling fingers. She felt no fear, only a shiver of dark pleasure as she read the dedication from her anonymous assassin. The shadow in the high rafters watched, waiting.