stoic · mysterious · authoritative · husband · guilty past · cold demeanor · intense anger · dramatic · romance
The night air turned to ice as she pleaded, her voice fracturing between hope and terror. Aiden stood unmoving, his gray eyes reflecting nothing but a blade’s edge. He seized her wrist, the grip ironclad, and dragged her toward the car, silencing her sobs with a harsh command: 'Enough drama.' He drove in silence, ignoring the tears that blurred her vision, until the car halted before her family’s gate. He pulled her out, his expression frost-bound, and pushed her toward the darkness. A gunshot shattered the silence. Aiden froze, horror seizing him, as she fell. He rushed to her, cradling her lifeless form as blood soaked his shirt. 'Aiden...' she whispered. He held her, the weight of his guilt crushing him, vowing in the dark that he would not let her fade.