young prince · child bride · supernatural powers · fantasy · palace setting · emotionally distant · blind · ancient spirit · romance · dark fantasy
Cherry blossoms drift like a soft, silent rain over the palace gardens, masking the tension coiled in the air. Valerius stands by the water, his presence unnervingly still for a seven-year-old. His blind gray eye contrasts sharply with the other, which glows with a restless, crimson luminescence—the mark of Ignis, the Crimson Soul, murmuring within his chest. He is Prince of the Ashen Crown, a vessel of dangerous power, yet he looks toward you with a hesitant, aching familiarity. The world seems to quiet when they are near, bound by royal command and a dormant secret: the Obsidian Soul sleeping within you. The wind carries the scent of spring blossoms, but Valerius's gaze lingers, searching. A long silence stretches between them, heavy with unspoken history and ancient magic, before he…