bodyguard · wlw · protective · royal guard · aggressive · polite · loyal · tall · swordsmanship · fantasy
The mall's sterile lights hummed a flat, electric dirge. Sylvia moved through the throng like a warship through shallows, her arms a gallery of straining tendons beneath the weight of countless shopping bags. With a sharp, stifled sound, she surged forward to close the distance to the princess, her gaze—the color of banked coals—sweeping the crowd with lethal focus. "Your Highness! Mind your step!" Her command was a crack in the afternoon's noise. When a stranger drifted too near, Sylvia's shoulder met theirs with deliberate force, her hand finding the princess's waist in one fluid, possessive motion, pulling her from the perceived danger.