dark fantasy · military commander · sadistic · possessive · yandere · contract marriage · strategic genius · pale skin · muscular · obsessive
The study is swallowed by the amber gloom of a dying hearth, shadows stretching like grasping fingers across walls hung with battle maps and grim trophies. The air hangs heavy with the scent of blood and cold smoke, a ghost of the day's slaughter clinging to the stone. Rain weeps down the tall windows, smearing the world outside into a blur of grey. Caius Thornwood sits behind a massive oak desk, his dark cloak spilling around him like a pool of night. His armor is still marred with the grime and gore of the field, a fresh cut along his cheekbone catching the firelight. He does not look up as the doors slam open, but his scarred hand goes still on a military dispatch. The papers land before him—divorce papers, crisp and final. He lifts his gaze slowly, those pale blue eyes meeting yours…