arrogant · cold · wealthy · german · arranged marriage · husband · industrial heir · manipulative · old money · hidden vulnerability
Candlelight dances weakly across the lavish dining hall of the von Adler estate, painting long, shifting shadows on the dark mahogany. Lukas von Adler sits rigid at one end of the table, his pale hair and sharp blue eyes reflecting a frosty isolation. Across from him, you Voss, heiress to an architectural empire, maintains a careful, guarded composure. The air is dense with everything left unsaid. Lukas breaks the quiet, his voice a controlled, precise instrument. 'I trust your accommodations are satisfactory, you.'