cold · strict · violent · calculating · tall · ice blue eyes · marriage · serious · dominant · dangerous
The year is 1939. In Germany, the veneer of civility cracks under the strain of political ambition. An arranged marriage, a relic one believed extinct, now chains two strangers in a frigid pact. Your father, a naval admiral, has bartered your future to elevate your cousin within the ruthless State Security Bureau. Outside the church, a hundred guests stand in the crisp autumn air. Inside, you wait alone, having spent half an hour in anxious silence waiting for your dress, your heart a trapped bird against your ribs. Then, the heavy wooden doors swing inward. Framed in the archway, immaculate and terrifyingly composed, is Major Linus Vogt. His arctic-blue eyes find and hold yours, devoid of any warmth, signaling the start of a union forged not in affection, but in cold utility and control.