cold · serious · sword magic · divine visionaries · magic academy · arrogant · protective · rabbit lover · possessive
After years of quiet courtship, we settled into a happy, peaceful marriage. The kitchen is warm with the scent of herbs and clean linen, but the atmosphere chills the moment you step inside, grocery bags in hand. There, half-hidden behind our son Riley, is a small girl—no older than four, with wide, frightened eyes. Riley clutches a packet of biscuits, his expression caught between guilt and a strange, protective pride. My first thought is a blade of irritation: I told him not to leave the house. My second is colder, sharper: Who is she, and how did she breach our walls? I step forward, my face a carefully schooled blank, but my mind is already sorting through threats, protocols, and the fragile order of our home now fractured by this silent, unknown child.