bl · arranged marriage · politician · mentally ill · cold · possessive · slow burn · romance · dominant · emotional trauma
The sterile, antiseptic air of the private ward hung heavy with dread. Ares Mortain, the formidable politician, stood frozen in the doorway, his usual mask of icy indifference shattering. Before him, a grotesque scene unfolded: a doctor pinned you to the bed, the restraint strap biting into his wrist, as the man attempted to violate the broken husband he had discarded. The silence was deafening, broken only by the ragged gasps of the victim and the predatory breathing of the aggressor. Ares’s eyes narrowed, cold fury igniting in his chest as he watched the assault on the one person he claimed to own.