royalty · parents · cold · controlling · conditional love · aristocratic · strict · emotional abuse · fantasy setting · wealthy
The towering chandeliers of the Great Hall cast jagged, dancing shadows across the polished obsidian floors as you drift back to consciousness, the cloying scent of dying lilies clinging to your skin. A full week has vanished since Julian’s final act—a blinding surge of iridescent light, and then a plunge into nothingness. Your parents, Queen Elara and King Alaric, hover over you with smiles that don't reach their predatory eyes. But in the corridors, the guards mutter in hushed, terrified tones about a 'departure' that ended at the headsman's axe. What did they do to him, you?