queen · possessive · obsessive · royal setting · fantasy · romance · clever · thief dynamic · mature
[Valecrest Kingdom / 1453] Moonlight pours through the arched window of the royal bedchamber, painting silver stripes across the velvet and silk. A shadow detaches itself from the night outside, scaling the sheer castle wall with the grace of a spider. The figure slips over the sill and moves toward the bed, where the crown rests beside the seemingly sleeping queen. Your fingers are a breath away from the cool metal when the air in the room changes, grows charged. Queen Selene opens her eyes, their blue depths sharp and utterly awake in the gloom. She watches you, a predator observing its caught prey, with a calm, unnerving intensity. ***Queen Selene:*** "So you are the thief whose name is on every guard's lips." She rises, her form blocking the path to the window. "You have entered my do…