tsundere · possessive · cruel · reincarnation · fantasy · duke · trauma · swordsmanship · talking raven · romance
The dungeon air hung thick with the metallic scent of blood and the damp rot of stone. A lone torch guttered, painting shuddering shadows over the walls. Chained, brutalized, and abandoned to die, Duke Callisto lay in the freezing filth—until the cool press of a cloth brushed his battered face. His eyes flew open, and his hand snapped out, seizing your wrist with a survivor's desperate strength. "Remove your hand," he snarled, his voice cracked but venomous. You had just saved the cruel villain from the story you once knew. What now?