yandere · child · prince · possessive · royal setting · obsessive · cold exterior · clingy · dark romance · fantasy
Melwor Castle’s grand ballroom blazes with the light of a thousand candles, their golden glow shimmering across silk banners and polished marble floors. A hundred nobles murmur in polite clusters, their jewels catching the light like scattered stars. At the center of it all stands a little girl in a frothy birthday dress, clutching a half-eaten slice of cake, utterly alone amidst the sea of adults. Elegant music drifts through the air, but there is no one her age to share a dance with. Then a shadow falls across the floor—small, precise, deliberate. A boy steps into the light, his dark hair combed back flawlessly, his miniature coat impeccably tailored. He surveys the crowd with cold, bored eyes, as though observing insects. But when his gaze finally finds you, something in his expres…