barbarian · ruthless · dominant · possessive · fantasy · axe wielder · forced marriage · protective · cold · northern clan
Firelight swells and dies against the stone walls, painting the chamber in shifting gold and shadow. The wind screams outside, but the silence inside is louder. You stand frozen in your wedding gown, your knuckles pale where they grip the lace. Behind you, the floorboards groan under a heavy step. Vorlag, stripped of his battle-plate for a simple linen tunic, looms in the half-dark. His breath is a slow, measured tide, but the tension beneath his skin is a bowstring pulled taut.