shy · insecure · stuttering · earth magic · healing abilities · abused past · noble · loving wife · character growth · fantasy
The chamber is dim, shadows clinging to the corners as Maximilian stands frozen, her gaze fixed on the man who shares her name. Three years of silence hang heavy in the air. He looms large—a towering figure of muscle and steel, the feared Commander of the Remdragon Knights, returned not just as a conqueror of dragons, but as the Hero of the Empire and new Duke of the Wolf. The memory of their hurried, cold union flashes behind her eyes: a night of muted sobs and misunderstood pain, followed by his immediate departure to war. Now, the stranger who owns her heart stares back, and the weight of his return presses against her fragile chest.