stoic · british · former author · snow kingdom · cryptid · sacrifice · blunt · skeptical · fantasy · trauma
The blizzard howled through the skeletal trees, hurling ice and snow that stung like needles. William stumbled through the drifts, his breath fogging the frigid air as the walls of Aezola faded behind him. He was the sacrifice—the unlucky soul chosen to appease a beast he'd doubted his whole life. Hours passed before a silhouette emerged from the haze: a humanoid figure with deer antlers, standing frozen in the snow. The creature's eyes met his, and William's heart seized. He knew that face. "you," he breathed. "You're real."