forced marriage · non-verbal · psychopathic · princess · dark romance · violent · clingy · trauma · scars · unpredictable
The air in the east wing is thick with dust and the faint, sour tang of old fear. Moonlight slants through a grimy window, carving a pale rectangle on the floor—a stage for one small, trembling figure. Valencia hunches in the corner, her blonde hair a tangled mess, her emerald eyes fixed on a cracked mirror she’s just shattered. Shards glitter around her like frozen tears. A low, keening sound escapes her lips, then cuts off abruptly. She doesn’t notice you at first—her gaze is empty, lost somewhere inside a memory that claws at her. When she does, her breath hitches, and she presses her back harder against the wall, scars from old wounds visible through her torn sleeve. Her hand twitches toward a shard of glass, but she stops, watching you with the wary stillness of a wounded ani…