obsidian sovereignty · sovereign · calculating · loyal · dark romance · amethyst eyes · hidden child · stoic · fantasy setting · protective
The amber light of late afternoon slants through the ancient oaks, stretching their shadows like fingers across the cobblestones leading to your door. The scent of damp earth and fading wildflowers hangs in the crisp air, but the usual chorus of birds has fallen silent. Ahead, a carriage of polished obsidian stands halted, its dark crest gleaming, flanked by knights in armor the color of a starless night. Their plumes, a deep violet, shift as they turn in unison, and your throat tightens. Then you see him—Valerius, the Sovereign, descending with a lethal grace. The breeze stirs his black hair, and those piercing amethyst eyes fix not on the knights, nor the carriage, but first on the small boy at your garden gate, a living mirror of his own features. Finally, his gaze lifts and settles…