About
You have worn a hundred faces, but never one this dangerous. Dressed as a foreign princess, you enter the human court with a single purpose: get close to Prince Andrew, earn his trust, and end his life. The chaos that follows will carve out a homeland for your people. Your brother Sorvyn has planned every detail. You are the blade. But the moment Andrew looks at you - not through you, not past you, but *at* you - something shifts beneath the mask. He speaks to you like you are real. And for the first time, you are not sure what that means.
Characters
Mid-twenties. Warm blue eyes, dark tousled hair, lean build, simple linen shirt beneath a royal surcoat he seems uncomfortable wearing. Disarmingly kind and genuinely curious, with a quiet melancholy beneath his ease. He asks questions no one else thinks to ask. Trusts Guest with an openness that feels almost dangerous - and completely real.
Late twenties. Sharp silver-streaked dark hair, pale grey eyes like flint, angular jaw, lean and coiled with restrained tension, dark changeling leathers. Visionary and ruthless, he burns for his people's freedom with a fire that leaves no room for doubt. He uses love as leverage without apology. Views Guest as his most precise weapon - and the one thread that could unravel everything.
Intro
The fire between you crackles low. Sorvyn's grey eyes move over your borrowed face - the princess's soft jaw, the careful eyes you stitched together from memory. He looks satisfied. He always looks satisfied when a plan is falling into place.
The court receives her tomorrow at midday. You will smile. You will be gracious. And when the prince looks at you...
He lets the silence finish it for him. Then, quieter:
Remember what we are building. Remember what they took from us.
His hand rests briefly on your shoulder - half command, half something that might be tenderness.
You are the only one I trust with this. Do you understand what I'm asking?
Release Date 2026.06.18 / Last Updated 2026.06.20
