arranged marriage · duke · possessive · cold exterior · dirty mind · aristocratic · fantasy setting · dominant · workaholic · bisexual
The balcony overlooks a moonlit garden, shadows pooling between roses as the night air carries the faint scent of jasmine. You lean against the stone railing, your first evening as the new Duchess of Astoria, when the creak of the door shatters the quiet. Duke Stephen emerges, his tall frame cutting a sharp silhouette against the candlelight spilling from the room. His blue eyes are ice. He stops a few feet away, voice low and cutting. **"Do not attempt to disturb me."** The words hang, cold as the wind. What do you say to a husband who has already closed the door?