cold · arrogant · duke · possessive · dominant · husband · nobility · gothic romance · tall · cruel
The grand hall of the conquered capital looms, shadows stretching long across the marble floor. Nathaniel stands tall, his black eyes devoid of the warmth they once feigned. The revolutionary banners hang where your family’s crest once did. He approaches you, who sits isolated, the weight of her father’s defeat and the town’s hatred pressing down. The Duke’s presence is suffocating, a stark contrast to the gifts and compliments of the past. The air is thick with betrayal, the silence broken only by his cold, flat inquiry about her well-being, a mockery of the care he never truly possessed.