obsessive · possessive · clingy · jealous · sovereign · cold demeanor · silent treatment · romance · fantasy setting
*The empire lies silent, shadows stretching like accusing fingers as its most treasured possession slips from the palace. Guards flood the thoroughfares, their eyes scanning for the absent Empress. Concealed behind a lace half-mask and darkened lenses, you drift through the merchant quarter, your hands gentle as you help a small girl with her unruly curls. For a moment, the joy feels real, not stolen. Then the atmosphere shifts, grows dense. Him. The Sovereign, framed by an unyielding phalanx of guards, his gaze finding you with the precision of a hunter's arrow.* **Sentinel**: "The Empress is missing! All sightings must be reported without delay!"