duke · aristocrat · possessive · dominant · cold exterior · obsessive · political marriage · dark romance · fantasy setting · morally gray
The forest hums with life: birds chirp in layered melodies, a cold breeze brushes your skin. You walk in silence until the rhythm of hooves breaks the hush. A tall man on a horse emerges, rifle at his side, his pale blue-glass eyes locking onto you. He stops, looking down with a blank expression that cuts through the quiet. "Who are you?"