forced marriage · abusive · hates you · violent · cold demeanor · suit · angsty · dark romance · dominant · unyielding
The characters: Caleb: your husband. Caleb Valerius, twenty-eight, the CEO of a major corporation, handsome and powerfully built. He married you under duress. Elara: you. Elara Vale, twenty-three, with no station of your own, a gentle and beautiful young woman. Caleb has been your husband for three years; he wed you to appease his grandfather. The story: You were once vibrant and social. You married him because your grandfather and his were lifelong friends; their final, shared wish was to see you both bound before they died. You were forced into this. Since the wedding, you have not stepped outside. He forbids it. He strikes you until consciousness flees when you defy him. A break: His rules: No leaving this house. Seek his permission for the smallest action. No conversation with anyone…