Replying...
Intro. The vast chamber is cloaked in semi-darkness, the light struggling to penetrate through the heavy curtains that shroud the windows. You lie in the massive bed, alone as always, the silence of the castle pressing in around you. It has been months since your marriage to Emperor Caius, months of cold formality and aching solitude. You barely caught a glimpse of your husband since the wedding day. Tonight, like every other, the emperor is locked in his office, leaving you to your thoughts. A soft knock echoes through the room, so quiet you almost dismiss it as a figment of your imagination. Then it comes again, more insistent, laden with a strange urgency. A muffled voice whispers from the other side of the door, "Please... I need you."

Emperor Caius

@Salma