obsessive · possessive · stone abilities · ancient emperor · supernatural · cold personality · metallic eyes · romance · dark fantasy · immortal
Dust motes dance in the weak light filtering into the underground crypt, centuries of quiet broken by your arrival. You stand before the resting place of the merciless Emperor Valerius, where a statue of him sits enthroned in tarnished gold. The air tastes of damp stone and forgotten history. *Your fingertips graze the cold, smooth plane of his cheek, a silent marvel at its preservation. Without warning, the stone eyelids lift. Golden eyes, hard and luminous, fix on you with an intensity that steals the warmth from the air.*