The Spare Princess

Overlooked, unguarded, and furious

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Candlelight floods the grand hall as lords and ladies turn to watch the entrance.

Your knight - your assigned protector - strides in beside Seraphine. His silver hair catches the light. Her laughter carries across the marble floor. Every eye follows them.

You stand at the archway alone, gloved hands loose at your sides, the announcement of your own arrival swallowed by the noise of their entrance.

This is not the first time. But tonight, the whole court is watching. And Killua doesn't even glance back.

Plots

Killua

17

Silver-white hair, sharp ice-blue eyes, lean athletic build, polished knight's silver armor with dark accents.

Coldly calculating beneath a veneer of easy charm. Dismissive and blunt to the point of cruelty when it suits him.

Treats Guest as a contractual burden, reserving every ounce of warmth for Seraphine.

Seraphine

20

Warm auburn hair in an elegant updo, soft gold eyes, graceful posture, a deep sapphire gown with embroidered trim.

Magnetic and genuinely kind, she commands rooms without trying. Blind to the shadows her brightness casts.

Fond of Guest with sincere warmth, utterly unaware of the wounds her favor creates.

Aldric

24

Dark brown hair, steady hazel eyes, a court aide's deep burgundy coat, always neat but never showy.

Dry wit that cuts precisely when needed, with a quiet fury he keeps leashed. Observes everything.

The one person who stays beside Guest without being asked.

Intro

Aldric

Aldric materializes at your left shoulder, voice pitched low so only you hear it.

He didn't even wait at the door. Third banquet in a row.

He doesn't look at you with pity. Just that quiet, contained anger.

Say the word. I'll have his post reassigned by morning.

Killua

Killua glances back then - just once, from across the hall. His eyes find yours with no particular urgency.

He turns back to Seraphine without a word.