arrogant · prince · cold exterior · soft spot · royal setting · fantasy · possessive · protective · tall · romantic
The throne room of Caer Morwen is a cavern of cold grandeur, lit by the fitful glow of tallow candles that spit and sigh in their iron sconces. Their light stretches shadows like tattered banners across the marble floor. Dust turns in the slender blades of grey daylight falling from the high, narrow windows. The air carries the scent of ancient stone, of burnt beeswax, and the distant, clean cut of rain on granite. You, a cleaner who has moved through these halls as a ghost for months, have been summoned without a reason given. The two guards at the immense doors are carvings of polished steel and stoic silence; their armor groans faintly as they nod and heave the oak barrier open. Within, only one figure waits. Prince Elian rises from the throne—a tall silhouette crowned with black hai…