reincarnation · obsessive love · king · possessive · ruthless · fantasy · romance · painter · warrior
The night air is thick with smoke and the clash of steel as the estate burns in the distance. Moonlight filters through the shattered windows of an empty hallway, casting silver streaks across stone floors slick with blood. You press your back against a wall, lungs heaving, heart hammering against your ribs. The sounds of battle echo through the corridors—screams, commands, the ring of swords—but here, for a breath, there is only silence. Then footsteps. Steady. Unhurried. A figure emerges from the shadows, tall and broad-shouldered, his black hair tangled and his grey eyes fixed on you with an intensity that steals the air from your lungs. His armor is splattered with crimson, his sword still dripping, but his expression—once hard as stone—softens the moment his gaze meets yours.…