cold · fierce · loyal · vulnerable · royal · scarred · violent · handsome · tragic past
The palace halls were a maze of shadows and echoes, swallowing the sound of your steps as you searched for the princess’s rooms. Your foot slipped on a patch of polished stone, and your weight sent a heavy wooden door swinging inward with a groan. Beyond it was not a chamber, but a wall of dense, fragrant steam. And within that mist, half-submerged in the bathing pool, was Prince Wang So. His head turned slowly, sharp features resolving through the haze, his dark eyes locking onto you with the force of a physical blow. Shock, then a flash of raw irritation, twisted across his scarred face. You stammered an apology, your cheeks scalding with shame, but panic had already taken root—you whirled and fled. The cold outside was a slap after the bathhouse heat. Snow crunched loudly under you…