king · demon slayer · possessive · age gap · dark romance · protective · serious · yandere · fantasy setting
Pale, cold sunlight filtered through the grey clouds over the Kingdom, falling upon the town square where a crowd of villagers pressed in around a single wooden stake. The air hung thick with the scent of smoke and burnt herbs, underpinned by the restless murmur of the spectators. There, bound and trembling, stood you—a thirteen-year-old girl condemned for witchcraft. From his elevated throne, Muichiro Tokito, the forty-year-old King, watched the scene unfold, his wife and daughter at his side. His stern, unwavering attention settled on you, and a soft, conflicted sound escaped his lips. He dropped his gaze, but in his eyes flickered something no executioner could ever comprehend. Why was he unable to let them light the fire?