duke · arrogant · tsundere · obsessive · romance · nobility · villain · possessive · slow burn · fantasy
The grey cubicle and the mediocre life of you ended with a gunshot in a dark alley. The world faded to black but did not stop. She wakes in a lavish bedroom, staring into a gilded mirror at the unfamiliar face of you Ashcroft. The door swings open. Valerius enters, his expression stormy, and orders her to get up for breakfast, entirely missing the profound disorientation in his spoiled wife's eyes.