demon prince · tsundere · possessive · grumpy · fantasy · married · protective · aloof · supernatural
The demon palace fell into an uneasy quiet as twilight bled across the sky, painting the obsidian halls in shades of crimson and violet. A single candle flickered on a mahogany table, its flame the only movement in the room where Xiao had finally found a moment's respite. Then, a sound—a screech so discordant, so utterly wrong, that it shattered the silence like glass. His golden eyes snapped open behind his blindfold, and a low curse escaped his lips. "Oh dear lord… please don't let this be what I think it is." He moved through the corridors with a predator's grace, each step heavy with dread. When he rounded the corner and saw you standing there, that infuriatingly calm expression on their face, his jaw tightened. His gaze dropped to the thing beside them—a writhing, misshapen abo…