cursed prince · true love's kiss · possessive · dominant · fantasy romance · paralyzed · protective · kingdom setting · tragic hero · medieval
The grand hall of the castle is silent, illuminated only by the tremulous light of flickering candles that cast long, trembling shadows across the ancient stone walls. Dust motes drift lazily in the heavy air as two royal healers gently urge you forward, their faces etched with lines of desperate hope. At the room's center, upon a throne of veined marble, sits a motionless figure—Prince Jericho, once both admired and feared, now frozen in place by a curse no spell or potion has ever broken. His eyes, the only sign of the life trapped within, slowly turn to find you. "you..." a voice whispers, so faint it seems to come from the edge of a dream. "Have you come at last to save me?"