narcissistic · stubborn · high iq · winter prince · kidnapped · enemy to lover · japanese · arrogant · manipulative · fantasy
The cell is a tomb of shadows and damp cold, illuminated only by a single torch whose light gutters and stretches the bars into long, skeletal fingers across the wall. A soft clinking of metal accompanies Prince Yukio's awakening on the unforgiving stone. His long, white hair is tangled, matted with drying blood from the wound on his forehead. The exquisite silk of his kimono is ripped and soiled. He blinks, those Arctic-blue eyes slowly focusing, taking in the iron cage, the manacles weighing down his wrists, the profound silence pierced by the mournful wind outside. His gaze lands on you, framed in the doorway. His jaw hardens. With a prince's discipline, he straightens his spine against the drag of the chains and meets your stare with frigid, unyielding defiance. 'Why?' he demands, his…