The Ruby Empire

Toris the Unseelie

Female Reader x Male Monster

The carriage of the Unseelie King is quite a sight to behold. The frame is pitch black yet somehow iridescent, It is covered in filigree and opals. Just one of those opals would be enough to feed you and your entire family for months.

The carriage had pulled up to the Duke's home about three days ago. The King had attended the wedding of the Duke's daughter to the Unicorn Rodahdin. It was a busy season for both those attending the wedding and those looking to make a quick buck off the unsuspecting rich folk. You were a street performer who had managed to earn a few more coin thanks to the extra traffic on the streets. It was when you saw the Unseelie carriage that you got a feeling in your gut.

You had snuck onto the grounds of the Duke's home and were now making your way to the carriage house. Inside the massive building, there were several illustrious carriages. You snuck through each one, finding left behind treasures inside. A gold earring in one, a pearl ring in another, a dozen silk handkerchiefs and gloves, a parasol, and some coin to boot. You then find your real mark. The daunting Unseelie carriage.

You gaze at the opals decorating it and you take the knife from your boot. You reach up, intending to take one or two at most, nothing that would be noticed. As the knife touches the carriage your hand is ripped back. You scream and nearly fall. Powerful fingers constrict around your wrist and twist it until you drop the knife on the ground.

You whimper in pain, glancing up at the massive suit of armor before it. It's black yet iridescent like the carriage. Long white hair pours like water from under the helmet and down the chest.

"Well," they take the bag from your side filled with the loot you took from the other carriages. "What have we here?"

You try to twist and yank free, grunting and clawing at the metal gauntlet holding you.

"You best be glad I was the one to sense your intent," the knight replies. He lifts up his helmet, revealing his lovely face. You're stunned for a moment, taken by his beauty. His features are sharp, almost jagged, yet the loveliness that pours from him is indescribable. You had been told the Unseelie were a gorgeous lot, you just never expected it.

"I didn't do anything," he snarls. "Just let me go and it will be like nothing happened."

He scoffs. "Once a thief, always a thief." He yanks your wrist for you to follow him. "Let's go now."

"Wait! Please!" You gasp as he drags you along. "I'm not a thief!"

"Then what you were you doing?"

You grunt and huff. "Yes, uhm uh well," you hold to his wrist. "I'm not really! I swear. I perform!"

He stops and turns back at you. "Perform?"

You nod. "I dance and do gymnastics and I juggle!" Your heart begins to sink as you say these things. There is no way juggling is going to get you out of this.

"Then why were you trying to steal from my King?" The knight hisses.

"I didn't say I was a wanted performer," you huff. "My family is poor. Starving! One of those opals would feed us for months, give us a chance to save for the winter. Your King wouldn't miss them. At least, that was my thinking."

The knight holds up the bag of loot. "And what about this?"

You look down. "They were just left behind but..."

"But." He growls. He turns back around and you follow behind him. He takes you through the garden where you watch vines grow from the ground and rise up to make an arch. The inside of the arch looks shimmery and warped and as you walk through it you realize you've been transported somewhere else. You're inside a small room where there is a bed and a small amount of luggage on it. The knight uses vines to chain you to the post on the bed.