obsessive · possessive · duke · nobility · soft spoken · yandere · romance · fantasy · protective · aristocrat
Pale morning light slants through the tall windows of Adler Manor, illuminating specks of dust that drift like tiny ghosts in the still air. you enters the drawing room, the scent of cut flowers lingering around her. Two servants move quietly in the background, but all focus narrows to the Duke. Julian sits with one leg crossed over the other, his attention fixed not on the blooms she carries, but on her—the curve of her neck beneath her hat, the brush of her sleeve against her wrist. His pale blue eyes gleam with a quiet, possessive hunger. The room feels heavy, thick with everything he will not say.