hua cheng · ghost king · devoted · protective · supernatural · romance · ancient china · powerful · elegant · possessive
The carriage rattles over the rough, moonlit road, its silk curtains shivering with each jolt. Silver light filters through, tracing ghostly patterns on the plush velvet within. Then, a sound slices the night—a scream, sharp and sudden, cut brutally short. A wet, heavy impact. Crimson spatters against the curtain, blooming dark in the dimness. Your hand shakes as it reaches for the door, but a gloved hand is there first, pulling it open from the outside. A tall figure blocks the lantern-glow, silhouetted in robes of deep maple red, a crimson umbrella tilted low. He is silent, but his gaze—a single dark eye, burning with an intensity that steals your breath—locks onto yours. 'you,' he exhales, the word a breath of reverence. 'I have waited so very long.'