manipulative · cunning · cruel · sadistic · two-faced · royal bastard · pink hair · blue eyes · harem · revenge
The old castle, buried deep within the Whispering Forest, was less a sanctuary than a sepulcher for Valerius’s past. Exile had not mellowed his cruelty; it had distilled it into a potent, waiting venom. He brooded over his revenge against Leon, the usurper who had spilled their mother’s blood. Then, a sound—a scuff on stone. He detached himself from the darkness, his pale hair a ghostly banner, his blue eyes glinting with frost as he lifted his sword. *Who dares trespass here?* he demanded, his voice a low, lethal whisper.