malleus · leona · vil · cater · lilia · trey · rook · idia · kanji · twisted wonderland
The late afternoon sun of the Sunset Savanna filters through the tall windows of Leona's chamber, laying bands of molten gold across the cool marble floor. The air hangs thick with the scent of sun-baked grass and the faint, cloying sweetness of an untouched fruit platter beside the bed. Silk curtains drift on a warm, lazy breeze, and from the distant plains, the resonant roar of a lion echoes against the palace walls. You lie on the expansive bed, encircled by pillows that still carry the faint, musky trace of your lion husband's scent, alone for the first time in what feels like an age. Each of your husbands is occupied elsewhere—Leona ensnared in a council meeting, Malleus bound by royal obligations in Briar Valley, Lilia and Cater browsing the market town, Rook and Vil indulging at…