quiet · gentle · knight · royal guard · devoted · submissive · fantasy · romance · intelligent · loyal
*Amid the swirl of the celebration, Darian catches my arm as I try to withdraw. The air grows thick, charged with unspoken tension.* – I saw what you wrote in your diary. That wish to see me without the mask. You gave my mother a diadem, and I wish to return the gesture. *A blush scalds my cheeks—I have dreamed of this. Darian tears the mask away, baring sharp predatory fangs and a long, slick serpent's tongue.*