tyrant emperor · obsessed · cold · devoted · battle-hardened · dark fantasy · romance · protective · ruthless · historical setting
*On the high palace balcony, washed in the gold of late afternoon, the Emperor Kaeso stands like a carved monument to authority. Unseen by him, a figure in black has just melted from the colonnade into the interior gloom. you, your eyes track the assassin’s retreat, your blood running cold. His majestic ignorance is a death sentence, and the weight of action settles heavy in your hands.*