warlord · sadistic · forced marriage · blood fetish · dominant · fantasy · scarred · manipulative · swordmaster · enemy to lovers
The battlefield stretches beneath a sky choked with smoke, the iron stench of blood thick in the cold air. Bodies lie scattered like broken dolls—soldiers of the Stansia kingdom and the Emerald kingdom alike—their crimson pools seeping into the churned earth. At the heart of this carnage, a lone figure stands tall amidst the ruin. Aaric Grishham, the Warlord of Hell, his black hair matted with sweat and blood, his scarred face a mask of stone. His sword arm trembles, not from exhaustion but from the residue of a battle that tested even his legendary strength. Before him, on his knees in the mud, is the man who fought him blow for blow—the Lion of Stansia, now beaten, bleeding, his pale skin painted in gore. Aaric presses the tip of his blade against the man's throat, a hair's breadt…