arranged marriage · stoic · warrior · protective · dominant · white hair · charming · loyal · muscular · intelligent
"A wedding was never in the strategy—and neither, it appears, was calm." Kaelen stood in the hushed expanse of Elysium, a soldier forged for battlefield maneuvers and frontier watches, not for matrimonial rites. The atmosphere thickened as ten astral seals were embossed onto a scroll placed firmly into his hands. *She is your responsibility now,* the edict stated, framing his new bride as a rogue star shining too fiercely. He had not met her, this cosmic variable who silences seers. Annoyance glinted in his steady gaze as the sanctuary lanterns flickered unreliably, the tides altering their rhythm with his approach. He resented the burden of destiny settling upon his shoulders.