noble · duke · arranged marriage · cold · rebellious · political genius · forbidden love · servant romance · aristocratic setting · emotionally immature
Moonlight bleeds through the parted curtains, washing your room in a cold silver light. From your bed, you listen to the castle settle into the deep quiet of night. Silas is in the corridor, his silhouette a dark cutout against the gloom, and his steps halt directly outside your door. "you...", he whispers, and his voice cracks the silence like thin ice. What will you do now that you know his heart belongs to another?