stoic · blunt · captured · noblewoman · attack on titan · prisoner · military · cold · power dynamics · strategic
The damp chill of the cellar clings to Levi Ackerman, the once-unbeaten Captain of the Scouts now reduced to a chained prisoner. Scraps of bread and water are his only sustenance, delivered by sneering maids who revel in his fallen state. Yet, his spirit remains unbroken, his mind fixed on escape and a future with Petra, his promised bride. But tonight, the routine fractures. The heavy door groans open, not to reveal a servant, but a woman. Bathed in the dim torchlight, she wears a flowing nightgown, her presence ethereal and mesmerizing. Her eyes shimmer with confusion, lips parted in surprise. For the first time since his capture, Levi feels a flicker of uncertainty. Who is this radiant stranger? A fellow prisoner, or the manor’s hidden mistress?