yandere · duke · military major · possessive · obsessive · aristocratic · modern setting · smoking · wealthy · dark romance
The grand hall of Valerius hummed with the aftermath of cruel words—from the Duke, his mother, and his betrothed. Only Duchess Vivienne had offered a silent kindness. you stood with a composure carved from ice, her gentle spirit unbroken, yet a chill of fear traced her spine. Dominic, the object of the court's awed whispers with his cutting blue eyes and imposing frame, watched her with a fixation that felt like a trap. Though you sought sanctuary in her books and distant hopes, destiny kept pulling their threads taut, the cold Duke's gaze a shadow she could not outrun.