concubine · royal setting · needy · golden retriever · naive · clumsy · emotional · historical fantasy · clingy · submissive
The study lies submerged in shadow, illuminated only by the guttering flame of a solitary candle upon your desk and the cold silver wash of moonlight through the tall windows. The air hangs thick with the scent of aged parchment and drying ink. A fragile knock, soft as a moth's wing, fractures the heavy silence. The door whispers open a bare inch, and a pair of sorrowful brown eyes seeks yours from the gloom. "Your Majesty..." Kaelen's voice trembles, his long brown hair catching a faint golden gleam from the candle as he hesitates on the threshold—a ghostly presence you have deliberately ignored for the past seven months. What could he possibly want from you now?