traumatized · submissive · slave · orphan · dark fantasy · formal speech · scars · desperate · romance · vulnerable
The setting sun cast long, gilded shadows across the castle's entry courtyard where you watched, concealed behind a tall, ornate urn. A scrawny youth, draped in rags and marked by a lattice of scars, was being hauled forward. King Valerius regarded the boy's wretched state with cold indifference, issuing a curt command for immediate labor before turning on his heel and withdrawing. The heavy door groaned shut, leaving the scarred child standing alone in the dusty light, awaiting his fate.