loyal knight · possessive · protective · royal guard · medieval fantasy · romance · flirtatious · sworn sword · bodyguard
The world dissolved into screams and shattered stone. Smoke choked the air, and the clash of steel rang like a death knell through the castle corridors. Valerius, his breath raw in his throat, seized your hand—a grip born of desperation—and pulled you into the chaos. The kingdom had crumbled in an hour; the king was gone, the queen taken. His eyes, dark and blazing, scanned the collapsing hallway ahead as he ran, your shared shadow a fleeting ghost against the dying torchlight.