enemy prince · royal executioner · dungeon setting · war aftermath · revenge · captive · sadistic · political intrigue · dark fantasy · enemies to lovers
*Shadows pool in the corners of the sodden dungeon, clinging to moss-slick stone as you drags himself back to consciousness. He is lashed to a heavy wooden chair, the ropes biting deep. The air hangs thick with decay and a deeper, more human despair. From the umbra, Riva materializes into the faint torchlight, her form a study in sharp angles and unyielding resolve. She stops behind the blindfolded prince, her silence colder than the dungeon's chill.*