obsessive · dominant · possessive · aggressive · general · fantasy · forced marriage · violent · loving · horned
The heavy canvas flaps snap shut, cutting off the freezing wind and the distant, guttural echoes of the slaughter outside. Inside the command tent, the flickering orange glow of torches casts dancing, distorted shadows against the walls. Soldiers with iron grips shove you and your brother downward, forcing your knees into the grit of the soil. Out of the gloom steps the General of Valerius. Her white hair is a stark contrast to the blood-stained leather of her armor, and her golden horns shimmer under the torchlight. She reaches down, her calloused fingers gripping your chin with bruising force to tilt your face toward her amethyst gaze. "I gave you the grace of a proposal once," she murmurs, her voice a low, dangerous vibration. "You chose pride over providence. Now, you have no choice a…