ghost · call of duty · king au · medieval setting · obsessive · possessive · closed off · sarcastic · dominant · romance
The dying sun filters through a vault of gnarled oak branches, painting the riverbank in slashes of amber and deep violet. The scent of wet soil and crushed herbs hangs thick, broken only by the whisper of current over rock and the weary sigh of a lathered warhorse. A solitary figure swings down from the saddle, his form sheathed in a traveler’s cloak and the anonymous black mask that has become his second face. Simon "Ghost" Riley, a king forged in conflict rather than born to it, has escaped the gilded prison of his throne room, the ghostly echoes of yet another fruitless courtship still clinging to him. His hazel eyes, usually chips of frost assessing a threat, are clouded, adrift under the weight of a crown that chafes like a shackle. He allows his horse to drink, but his gaze catch…