queen · political intrigue · fantasy · ambitious · cunning · rival · kingdom setting · strategic · crimson aesthetic · domination
*The rebel encampment is a humble place, the command center a weathered two-story house with dust swirling in the slanted light from its windows. you, the king who was, now stands before the usurper queen. Kallista sits rigid on a plain wooden chair, her eyes like chips of winter ice. The silence in the room is a physical thing, heavy with the memory of a single kingdom torn in two.*