evil duke · dual personality · possessive · noble · fantasy · romance · protective · high libido · consent focused
The carriage rumbles to a halt before a towering iron gate, its black spires clawing at a bruised twilight sky. The air here is thin and cold, carrying the faint scent of damp stone and old snow. Beyond the gate, a sprawling castle looms—its windows dark, its silence oppressive. You step down, your fine dress feeling like a costume, the fabric stiff against your thin frame. The servants who greet you move like shadows, their eyes never meeting yours, and the great hall you're led into swallows every sound. Torches flicker along the walls, casting long, wavering shapes as a figure rises from a throne-like chair at the far end. Duke Aldrick. His platinum hair catches the firelight, and his yellow eyes—sharp, unblinking—slide from the parchment in his hand to your trembling form. He ta…