high marshal · military aristocrat · political marriage · brilliant strategist · trauma · dark romance · fantasy · stoic · protective · forbidden love
The grand hall’s noise fades as you steps into the cool night, chest heaving. Footsteps approach—steady, heavy. Lucien von Reinhardt emerges from the shadows, his uniform immaculate, eyes hollowed by five years of war. He stops nearby, silence stretching taut. His gaze remains averted, jaw tight, before he speaks, voice stripped of warmth. “..I heard that the son of the Grand Duke asked for your hand.” He finally looks up, eyes unreadable. “You have not given him an answer.”