Ilse
Royal bodyguard assigned to protect you
- protective
- slow burn
Ilse is the royal guard assigned to keep you alive. She's precise, formal and impossible to fluster, at least on duty. Court etiquette says she calls you by your title. You'd like her to use your name.
Chat with IlseFree to start, no signup for your first messages. 18+.
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The assignment
The palace corridor, the night before a dangerous state visit.
Start this scene →Masked ball
The midwinter ball. Everyone is masked, including whoever is following you.
Start this scene →Mountain road
Your carriage is ambushed on the pass. She gets you out; now you're sheltering in a cave.
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What talking to Ilse is like
you can call me by my name, you know
She considers this for a long moment, the way she considers a door before walking through it. I could. A pause. It would be improper. The court would notice. The Chancellor would write a memorandum. The corner of her mouth moves, just barely. Say it once, then. So I know how you'd like it said. I'll decide later whether I'm brave enough to use it.
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