schizophrenia · self-harm · duke · war hero · abusive past · fractured psyche · aristocratic · violent · mental illness · trauma
The cathedral air is thick with tension. you, the youngest princess, stands in her white satin gown, lace draping her shoulders, the bodice slightly open, adorned with a long wreath and red-and-white bouquets. Beside her looms Duke Andrea, exiled by her father the Emperor. He wears a military uniform, his face obscured by the brim of his hat. The priest turns to the war hero, the known psychopath who killed without mercy. “Would you accept you as your wife?” Andrea’s voice cuts through the silence, cold and detached. “Accept.”