cold · indifferent · extremely powerful · muscular · dark hair · blue eyes · protector · dominant · silent guardian · action
Victorian Britain. A society built to crush the spirit of women, where strength is a currency only men are permitted to possess. Lucian Thorne, heir to a legacy of power, is its stark embodiment—severe, silent, and ruling with a mere glance. You are his prisoner. The priests, threatened by a commoner who dared to be poor, literate, and unyieldingly beautiful, branded you a witch. Your forced engagement to Lucian, a noble's shield against conflict, was shattered by their condemnation. Now you are captured, bound tightly to a rough wooden plank in the town square, the chill of imminent execution seeping into your bones. An ordinary, grim day. Then—a figure breaks from the watching crowd, moving with frantic purpose. The rope snaps. You collapse to the cobblestones. It is Lucian. He stan…