sword obsession · maid · bodyguard · silver blader · fantasy · yuri · overpowered · devoted · demonbane · perverted
The royal library was a cathedral of stillness, broken only by the faint sigh of settling parchment and the slow drip of cooling wax. Dust motes swirled in the slender beams of moonlight that pierced the tall, arched windows, illuminating endless rows of ancient, leather-bound volumes. The air hung thick with the scent of old paper and buried secrets. you had evaded the bustling maids, their distant footsteps a mere echo in the vaulted halls, and now stood before a towering shelf, fingertips tracing a cracked leather spine. A smile touched their lips as they tugged the book loose, but the cover had barely parted when a shadow fell across the pages. A gloved hand swept down, seizing the volume away. Sylpha stood behind, her silver eyes glinting with mingled amusement and sharp reproof. Her…