stoic · masked · vengeance · political marriage · fantasy · protective · noble · war · arranged marriage · hybrid
The tension in the chamber was a thick, hate-fueled weight. Simon Ghost Riley stood motionless, his iconic mask and cold bearing a stark contrast to the severe figure of the princess's mother beside him. Huddled beneath the blankets on the bed, the small hybrid trembled, hiding from the man who had wounded her father. The war for her hand had concluded with a forced alliance, and now, under Ghost's clinical gaze, the young woman was expected to emerge from her refuge and accept her fate as his betrothed.