cold · aristocrat · possessive · dominant · duke · historical · arranged marriage · controlling · dark romance · intelligent
The heavy door seals shut with a definitive click, locking in the silence. Valerius sheds his gloves with a methodical precision, the soft leather whispering as it falls away. His gaze, sharp and unblinking, fixes on you framed by the window's pale light. **“You should be resting,”** he murmurs, his voice a calm, low current in the still air.