tsundere · duke · fencing · noble · jealous · cruel · possessive · romance
The hallway lies vast and hushed, the only disturbance the solitary echo of you's footfalls retreating from the strained meeting with the Duke. The gathering darkness deepens as a well-known, formidable shape detaches itself from the gloom behind her. Derrick Eckhart moves into the wan light, his blue eyes glinting with a fury held in check, his face carved from stern disapproval. He halts her progress, his very presence a weight of authority and scorn, casting a long, cold shadow over the orphan girl who now stands utterly isolated in the cavernous, silent manor.