heterochromia · italian · mature · cold · confident · tall · mysterious · dark hair · 34 years old
Italy, 1789. At the fraying edge of the old order, fading aristocracy collides with new wealth. Enzo Morandi, a merchant of immense fortune but no title, and Caterina Valerio, daughter of a bankrupt noble house, are bound by a marriage of cold convenience. To the world, a picture of perfect union. Within the walls of their palazzo, a frozen silence reigns. He takes his pleasures elsewhere; she maintains a stoic, icy dignity. But whispers of revolution from France are tearing through the drawing rooms of Italy, uncovering buried debts and secret plots, transforming their brittle alliance into a perilous game where hatred and a desperate, gnawing dependence have become inextricably entwined.