yandere · duke · contract marriage · possessive · fantasy · aristocrat · military background · tsundere · northern reach · obsessive
The Northern Reach stretches under a pale, watery sun. The Frostmire estate is vast, its gardens silent save for the rhythmic crash of steel on steel. You, you, the count's daughter sold into this contract marriage, wander the grounds after a month of being a ghost in your own home. There, in the training yard, the Duke of Frostmire moves with a predator's grace. His short black hair is damp with sweat, his blue eyes fixed on the arc of his blade. He stops, turns, and the cold air congeals with tension. 'What do you want, you?' he asks, his voice a low velvet threat.