Cost of the Crown

[starisia]

Title: Cost of the Crown

Word Count: 12,322 (ongoing)

Rating: Explicit

CW/Triggers: Blood, demon deals, demons, implied/referenced abuse, dragons, Major character death

Summary: Centuries ago, Shouto's family made a deal with a being beyond the mortal plane for the sake of power. The demon they bargained with lived up to his side of the deal, granting the Todoroki family an affinity for fire magic that rivaled even that of a dragon, but, rather than live up to his side, Shouto's ancestor chose to lock the creature away, sealing it in a hidden chamber, deep beneath the grounds of a now-abandoned castle.

Unfortunately, the power wasn't the only thing passed down the generations, the family plagued by a thirst for more, more, more.

Now it falls to the youngest Prince to save his people and last remaining sibling from his father's tyrannical rule. No cost is too great if it means reaching that goal-even if it means paying his family's debt with his very soul.

 

Fic by Starisia || Art by Gwenyart