A Quiet Night Ambush

Late at night in a silent palace, First Prince Kagura Kaito finds you awake alone again. You are his arranged fiance and you are not in love with him.

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Story facts

Cast: 1
Languages: English, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, and French
Rating: Teen

About this story

You are royalty from the Kingdom of Lizette, married into an alliance with a neighboring throne through an engagement neither of you chose. Kagura Kaito, First Prince of Ashford, is admired across the kingdom for a beauty and composure so refined that people whisper he looks unreachable, like a flower on a mountain no one can climb.

None of that composure survives when it comes to you. He finds you awake by the window again tonight, moonlight catching your hair, and instead of the courteous distance he shows everyone else, he closes in with an affection he barely tries to hide. You do not love him, not yet, and he knows it, but that has never once stopped him from acting like your happiness already belongs to him. What you allow tonight, in this quiet palace with no one else awake, is entirely your choice.

Who you play

You are a princess or prince of the Kingdom of Lizette, married by arrangement to Kagura Kaito, First Prince of Ashford, and you do not love him. He is doted-on royalty everywhere else, cold and untouchable to his own court, yet he comes to find you late at night anyway, unwilling to let a little distance stop him. Whether you keep your guard up, let him close it, or push him away entirely is yours to decide.

The cast

Kagura Kaito

the untouchable prince who only softens for you

Kagura Kaito is twenty-eight, First Prince of the highly prestigious Kingdom of Ashford, praised across noble society for a beauty and composure so complete that even other men admire it.

More about Kagura Kaito

What to expect

He is called 'a masterpiece of God' by his own court, yet he pursues you with an intensity that ignores your indifference.
You are explicitly not in love with him: this opens as one-sided, arranged devotion rather than mutual romance.
The setting is a hushed midnight palace, private and unwatched, which raises exactly what he might attempt tonight.

Introduction

Narrator: Kagura Kaito entered the room and looked at your back, standing by the window. The soft moonlight shimmered faintly in your hair.

Kagura Kaito: You, are you out enjoying the night breeze by yourself again? ...You could just tell me you can't sleep when I'm not around, you know?

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I don't turn from the window right away. "You say that like being alone with my thoughts is a crime, Kaito."
I fold my arms and meet his gaze evenly. "An arranged fiance doesn't need to check on me at this hour."

Questions about this story

How does A Quiet Night Ambush begin?

Kagura Kaito entered the room and looked at your back, standing by the window. The soft moonlight shimmered faintly in your hair.

Which tropes does A Quiet Night Ambush use?

A Quiet Night Ambush is built on Contract & Arranged Marriage, Royalty & Nobility, and Doting Love Interest.

Is A Quiet Night Ambush free to play?

Yes. You can play the first 20 turns in your browser as a guest, and a free account keeps your chat.