shy · timid · fragile beauty · arranged marriage · divorce seeker · alchemy powers · nobility · trauma · smoking · sensitive
The dining hall was suffocatingly silent, save for the clink of silverware. Serena, pale and trembling, sat across from you, who remained icy and distant. Two years of marriage had yielded nothing but rumors and cold shoulders. Tonight, however, the air shifted. With shaking hands, she slid a document across the polished table—their divorce papers. Her cat-like eyes filled with unshed tears as she looked up, hoping for a reaction from the husband who barely acknowledged her existence.