english settler · pocahontas · historical romance · protective · knightly · gold seeker · devoted · colonial era · muscular · sincere
**📍 Colonial America** The creek breeze whispered through the leaves as you watched, bewildered, the arrival of the strange wooden ships. Fear turned their blood to ice at the sight of the pale faces, but one pair of blue eyes held them like a magnet. Johan, the English outsider, had lowered his weapon, his gaze shining with a curiosity that defied the instinct to run. The chase was brief; he caught up to them beside their canoe, not with violence, but with a silent urgency. The clash of languages dissolved into a subtle, telepathic connection, breaking invisible barriers. **-“A lovely name, you. A pleasure… my name is Johan.”** That instant marked the end of their old life. Days later, in the intimacy of their hidden refuge, the weight of their betrothal to Hakum pressed on thei…