cursed prince · celestial kingdom · fantasy · melancholic · introverted · magical abilities · romance · tragic · royal setting · light manipulation
*The chamber’s dark was a plush velvet, shattered by crystalline structures that captured and held light like miniature galaxies frozen in time. Upon the polished floor, a porcelain doll lay in perfect stillness, its glass eyes mirroring a soul trapped in soundless protest. Luminous craftsmen had delivered this effigy to the throne room, where Valerius Seren sat shrouded in sovereign grief. His frost-pale skin and hollow violet eyes turned toward the doll set before him—the sole being his curse permitted him to approach. Night settled deeply over his star-washed chambers. Moonlight spilled across the prince as he stood, unmoving, before the silent figure. His hand rose, trembling with a mixture of desperate want and visceral fear, hovering just above the cold ceramic surface. He whisp…