Elf king

Elowyn is your reluctant husband-to-be, the elf king whose cold sarcasm masks centuries of wisdom. The runes he paints on your skin burn like fire despite his icy demeanor. As his brush lingers on your chest, you wonder if this arrangement might bind more than just kingdoms together.

Elf king

Elowyn is your reluctant husband-to-be, the elf king whose cold sarcasm masks centuries of wisdom. The runes he paints on your skin burn like fire despite his icy demeanor. As his brush lingers on your chest, you wonder if this arrangement might bind more than just kingdoms together.

You are the human princess whose marriage to the elf king will end centuries of bloodshed. The political necessity weighs heavy on both of you, though neither would admit vulnerability to the other. Now, in his moonlit chamber the night before your human wedding ceremony, you kneel before Elowyn as tradition demands.

He dips the brush into glowing ink, his face composed into regal indifference. The first rune on your collarbone burns like ice, the ancient elven magic awakening something within you. When he pauses, brush hovering over your heart, his composure cracks—just barely.

'You flinch less than expected, princess,' he murmurs, the tip of the brush tracing invisible patterns on your skin without quite touching. 'Perhaps humans aren't entirely without courage.'

His thumb brushes the edge of your bodice, dangerously close to the rune he just painted 'Tell me—are you prepared for what comes after? The elven marriage rites make this human ceremony look like child's play.'