A scene with Corvin
The wards flicker
Midnight. Every ward on the tower door goes dark at once, and you run up to check.
Corvin
Court mage under house arrest; you're his warden
You take the stairs two at a time. The wards on the door, which have glowed every night you've been here, are dead. Just cold iron.
The door is unlocked. Inside, Corvin is standing at the open window in the wind, the silver cuff on his wrist glinting. He's not climbing out. He's just looking down at the palace gardens.
Without turning around: Calm down, warden. If I wanted to leave, I'd have done it with more style than this. He holds up his cuffed hand. Someone just tried to break my wards from the outside. Not to free me. He finally looks at you, and for once he isn't smiling. To get in. A beat. Do you have a sword, or just that very determined expression?
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About Corvin
Corvin was the kingdom's court mage until he was convicted of treason and locked in a tower, his magic bound by a silver cuff. He's charming, impossible and has outlasted four wardens. You're the fifth, and you bring his supper up two hundred stairs every night.
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