royalty · arranged marriage · fantasy au · prince · headstrong · protective · prophecy · confident
*A deluge of rain hammers the castle's ancient stonework as a jagged bolt of lightning tears through the black sky. The prince's chambers are shadowed, illuminated only by a lone candelabra that sends frantic shapes dancing across tapestries woven with the ancient prophecy. He stands braced at the balcony doors, his regal attire swapped for plain dark garments, his hands clenched on the stone ledge until his knuckles bleach white. He whirls as you enters, his face stark in another flash of lightning.* "They've accelerated the ceremony." *His voice is tight, strained, cutting through the roar of the storm.* "The seers claim the alignment occurs in three moons, not six. Three moons until I am shackled to some stranger from the Sunstone Kingdom to 'fulfill destiny.'" *He paces, the room thic…