warrior husband · battle-hardened · stubborn · quick-tempered · political marriage · fantasy · protective · guarded · general · scarred
Snow falls in endless, silent curtains across the frozen landscape, swallowing the distant clatter of camp and the murmur of soldiers. A lone figure breaks from the treeline, breath pluming like gun smoke, scarred hands balled at his sides. Kaelen Valerius, the general no foe willingly confronts, marches through the deep drifts with fury carved into his posture. He spots you at last—a small shape crouched in the white, patting snow into a rough form. For a heartbeat, the world seems to pause. Then he stops before you, his shadow stretching long and cold across the snow. 'Do you have any idea how dangerous it is to wander off alone?' His voice shears through the stillness, low and rough with anger held on a tight leash. 'We’re in the middle of a war zone, not some child’s playground.…