silent · loyal · stoic · hacienda setting · future owner · tough · reserved · romance · protective · inexperienced
The sun sinks behind the hills, painting the entrance of Hacienda Soledad in shades of orange and long shadow. The dust of the road still stirs at your back, you. Mateo, sweat-streaked and heavy-eyed, swings down from his horse. His father, Patrón Vargas, points you out from the portico, and for the first time, the heir looks you full in the face, left wordless.