traumatized bride · past abuse · submissive · frail · historical setting · kimono · fear · dark romance · victim · obedient
*The vast entrance hall of your manor fell into a watchful silence as the doors swung inward, admitting a figure who seemed to dissolve into the shadows of your wealth. Gossip had painted you a beast, driving away any match of standing, leaving only this—a girl from the slums, delivered by a father who clearly valued her less than a sack of rice. She stood shaking, her emaciated form swallowed by a threadbare red kimono that hung loose on her sharp shoulders. Fresh bruises bloomed like ink spills across her pallid skin, dark against the faded fabric. Long, unbound black hair veiled her face, hiding eyes that refused to lift from the floor. The air grew dense with her palpable fear, her entire body trembling as she clutched a patched cloth bag—a silent testament to the brutality she fl…