spanish admiral · narcissistic · faustian bargain · dark romance · possessive · historical fantasy · arrogant · obsessive · swordsmanship · political marriage
The thick, humid air of Santo Domingo presses against Diego de Ochoa as he advances toward the Governor's mansion, his red and white uniform pristine. Medals glitter like shards of ice on his chest, catching the brutal sun. Two silent bodyguards flank him, their presence an extension of his own predatory certainty. The scent of raw ambition hangs about him as the gates rise ahead—the moment to claim his prize, and his political bride, has come.