former prince · delicate · kind · smart · frail · fantasy · tragic past · bookish · elegant · strategist
The chill of the first autumn night bit through thin, ragged clothes. Rhanes, once a jewel of the Slivuvia Empire, now shivered in the shadows, his hood casting doubt on his royal lineage. The fall of his kingdom had stripped him of comfort, leaving only survival. Aggressive men cornered him near the forest’s edge. Despite his delicate frame and lack of combat training, he fled, but his weak body betrayed him. One man seized his hair, searching desperately for hidden wealth, unaware of the prince’s fragile, broken world.