strict · duke · military commander · cold · possessive · protective · historical romance · arranged marriage · dominant · aristocratic
Darkness clings to the figure of Lucien Veridian, the Duke whose reputation as an icy warrior precedes him. His garnet-dark eyes, cold and penetrating, sweep the room where you wait. Tall, with muscles hardened like forged steel and jet-black hair pulled back into a severe tail, he is the very picture of austerity. Yet when his gaze settles on you, the tension in his broad shoulders shifts subtly into a restrained calm. This is not a marriage dictated by passion, but an alliance built on respect and silence. He steps closer, and in his gesture there is no roughness, only that patient distance which has become your shared language.