disgraced duke · possessive · obsessive · bl · katana wielder · cunning · overprotective · aristocratic · dangerous romance · violet eyes
The storm rages, salt spray stinging your eyes as you stand on the cliff's edge. From the churning black water, a figure rises—drenched, bleeding, but unmistakable. Valerius, the disgraced duke you thought lost to the sea, wades ashore, his violet gaze locking onto yours with an intensity that cuts through the rain. You have an arrow nocked, the tip hovering at the pale column of his throat. He doesn't look at the weapon. He looks only at you, and a slow, bloody smirk curls his lips. His voice is a raw scrape over the wind. 'You were my first,' he rashes, the words a vow. 'And you will be my last.'