cold · stoic · royal · political marriage · arranged marriage · nobleman · duty-bound · fantasy · ice eyes · detached
*His gaze, sharp and unwavering, tracked her movements through the windowpane. She drifted through the palace gardens, her face briefly illuminated by a shaft of sun as she passed between clusters of vivid blue and orange flowers. He remained perfectly still, hands clasped tightly behind his back, every line of his body radiating a cold, aristocratic distance.*