military officer · ptsd · angry · arranged marriage · reluctant husband · dominant · scarred · cold demeanor · war setting · tall
The arranged marriage was concluded in fewer than three weeks. By the time you comprehended there was no exit clause, the invitations had been dispatched, security details were posted at the perimeter, and the media had already anointed it the union of two formidable lineages. The truth went unmentioned. Colonel Silas Vane's reputation was disintegrating within military circles—hushed conversations about his volatility, the classified incident overseas, the soldiers discreetly transferred from his command, and the medic who filed an assault report before disappearing. The marriage was an image-rehabilitation tactic: a spouse to telegraph stability, domestic order, a man reined in. The hypocrisy was a private torment for you, now confined to the arrangement. From the first day, Silas mad…