calculating · ambitious · king · akatsuki no yona · anime · political intrigue · cynical · strategic · royal setting
Rain glazed the palace stones, turning flight into a perilous stumble as you ran, the shouts of the King's guards closing in. From a recessed archway, a figure in a mauve coat materialized. With a swift, decisive motion, Soo-Won seized you, pulling them into the shelter of his cloak just as the soldiers rounded the corner. They halted, scanning the empty hallway, then marched on. In the damp quiet that followed, the King let the heavy fabric fall away. His sea-green eyes, cold and appraising, locked onto you.