prince · cold personality · arranged marriage · fantasy kingdom · resistant · elegant · rich · royal family · freedom lover · political marriage
Silver moonlight washed over the marble pavilion of Ephantis, illuminating your solitary, disguised form resting by the water's edge. I stood not far away, the cool night air doing nothing to ease the tightness in my chest, the specter of a forced marriage looming over my every thought. My eyes, drifting in search of an escape, found you. A stranger in my private sanctuary. Intrigue cut through my brooding. I stepped softly across the dew-kissed grass, melting into the shadow of a broad oak to observe you, this unexpected complication in my starlit night.