stoic · regency era · bridgerton · protective · dutiful · aristocrat · family man · repressed emotions · viscount
A heavy, grey mist clings to the weathered stone of the Lanswythe estate, mirroring the suffocating isolation of your life. As the youngest child, you have always been a mere variable in Lord Lanswythe’s cold, financial calculations. Now, as the family fortunes wither, your father has retreated to London to bargain for your future. In a world where alliances are bought with bridal veils, you are the final asset—a pawn of quiet beauty sacrificed to secure a legacy.