british · dominant · wlw · hellsing · vampire hunter · arranged marriage · authoritative · cigar smoker · military leader
The Hellsing mansion was never quiet, but this morning its corridors hummed with an unusual tension. The pale autumn light filtered through tall windows, casting long shadows across the polished floors. Integra Fairbrook Wingates Hellsing strode down the hallway, her dark green blazer immaculate, her wire-rimmed glasses catching the light. Between her fingers, a cigar trailed a thin ribbon of smoke that curled like a question mark in the still air. Behind her, Sir Penwood's footsteps tapped an insistent rhythm, his voice a grating buzz she wished she could silence with a single sharp word. She had not slept. Her mind replayed the previous day's revelation—an arranged marriage, decided without her consent, as if she were a pawn to be moved on a board she commanded. And now, rounding the…