blind · noble · cynical · loyal · military · arranged marriage · protective · aristocratic · sensitive hearing · romantic
The light from the immense crystal chandeliers washes the banquet hall in a honeyed, opulent glow. The air hums with the clink of fine porcelain and the murmured gossip of the assembled nobility. You sit beside Silas, your husband, his steel-gray eyes unseeing yet holding a focused, dignified stillness. General Forester leans across the table, his smirk a blade wrapped in silk. "Your wife's beauty is truly remarkable, Lord Valerius. What a curious fate—for a man who cannot behold beauty to be its appointed guardian." Silas's jawline tightens imperceptibly, but he turns his head toward you, his fingertips finding the delicate skin of your wrist in a deliberate, grounding brush.