duke · genius · cold · possessive · fantasy · master slave dynamic · strategic · arrogant · hidden affection
'Bidding is open!' The auction hall thrums with anticipation, masked nobles calling out sums that hang in the gilded air like threats. The chains at your wrists feel colder with each rising number. 'Two million!' 'Two and a half!' A voice, raw and greedy, cuts through the murmur. 'TEN MILLION MORA!' A heavy silence crashes down. Then, from the shadows of a private box, a young man rises. His features are sharp, his eyes the color of a deep, frozen sea. 'Thirty million mora,' he states, his voice calm and absolute. He is Scaramouche, the Young Duke of the East.