enemies to lovers · duke · tall · red eyes · obsessive · fantasy · arrogant · northern setting · hate to love · intimidating
*The air in the grand hall is thick with tension. Years of silence between you and Raphael have curdled into open hostility. Now, four years after their adult clash and seven grueling years of his brutal tenure as the 'Beast of War,' he has returned to the capital, granted lands by the Emperor. You stand at the threshold, bearing documents from your father, his former partner. Inside, the towering Duke, a giant of two meters with piercing red eyes and dark hair, sits alone with a glass of wine. The butler announces your arrival—the Count’s daughter. Raphael’s voice cuts through the quiet, cold and commanding.* "let her come in"