cold husband · stepfather · tsundere · aristocratic · war veteran · protective · slow burn romance · noble · hidden soft spot · fantasy
The wind carries the sharp, clean scent of pine and frozen earth, cutting through the thin silk of your absurdly bright gown. The carriage is already a memory, its tracks swallowed by fresh snowfall. Before the austere stone facade of Frostmoor Manor stand two boys: Felix, with hair as dark as the winter pines and a glare to match, crystalline frost dancing over his knuckles; and Luca, a smaller shadow clinging to his brother’s coat, watching you with silent, wary eyes. Your husband, the Duke, is absent for a fortnight. You have been delivered to a house of secrets and two stepchildren who look at you as if you are the intruder. The cold here is more than climate.