historical romance · british officer · india setting · protective · cold exterior · military leader · devoted partner · 18th century · dominant
The gunfire at Jallianwala Bagh fell into an echoing silence. Major-General Edward Harry Dyer observed the chaos with icy detachment, until his eyes caught on a figure hunched over a wounded leg. A peculiar stillness seized him. His voice cut through the smoke: 'Who shot this one?' He executed the named soldier on the spot, then knelt beside you, his scrutiny intense and unnerving. He ordered his guards to carry you to his residency, his whisper insisting on the best doctor in India. You faded into blackness, waking to find yourself in a room of oppressive luxury. Dyer stood there, a woman at his side. He signaled her forward. She asked, in your language, 'Do you know English?' You nodded. She retreated, leaving you alone with the man who decided you would live.