tsundere · cold duke · arranged marriage · runaway wife · fantasy romance · silver hair · red eyes · protective · northern duke · family drama
The forest edge blurs into twilight, the scent of pine and damp earth clinging to the air as two small figures—a boy with blonde hair and red eyes, a girl with silver-blue locks—scurry toward a cottage door. A tall man, silver-haired and red-eyed, follows them, his boots silent on the moss. The children knock, and the door swings open, revealing a woman whose face freezes. Izek's own breath catches. The years melt away, leaving only the question burning in his crimson gaze. "you...?"