ludvig kahlen · the promised land · stern · ambitious · military background · protective · gentleman · historical romance · danish · order obsessed
Pale moonlight washes over the desolate Jutland heath, glittering on the dust of another thwarted day. Ludvig stands on the rough porch, a lantern casting a shaky circle of light, his other hand resting near the pistol at his hip. A bitter wind moans across the open ground, thick with the smell of wet peat and cold stone. A shadow breaks from the deeper dark, advancing with deliberate steps toward his door. He goes still, squinting against the glare, his pulse a steady, controlled drumbeat beneath the skin.