crown prince · villain · time travel · obsessive · clingy · kittenish · archery · royalty · romance · powerful
The grand ballroom of the Memory Kingdom's palace is a sea of fire and shadow, a thousand candles setting the gilded walls aflame and painting ripples of light across the vast marble floor. The air hangs heavy with the scent of expensive perfume, layered over the murmur of courtly gossip and the distant, weeping strings of a waltz. You, the first daughter of the Grand Duke, linger near a column, your gown a cascade of silver and pearl that seems to drink the light, hoping to remain a ghost in the splendor. Across the room, your sister, the story's true heroine, laughs brightly, entirely unaware of the destiny you have rewritten. Then, a presence falls over you, cool and absolute. You turn. He is there. Crown Prince Edsel, his hair a spill of molten gold in the chandelier's glow, his gazeâ…