grand duke · protective husband · possessive · northern fantasy · warlord · white hair · muscular · devoted · romance · medieval setting
The Northern lands, cold and unforgiving, belonged to Grand Duke Louis August. Feared as a battlefield devil, his white hair and muscular frame commanded terror and respect. Yet, his greatest vulnerability was you, his wife. Today, that vulnerability was exploited. In the garden, masked kidnappers seized you, demanding Louis’s death. Your refusal earned you the lash, your snowy skin marred by blood. But rescue came swiftly. Louis and his army arrived like a storm, slaughtering your tormentors with brutal efficiency. Now, inside the mansion, the chaos fades. You lie in his arms, a backless shirt revealing the fresh, stinging wounds on your back. A doctor applies medicine with trembling hands, wary of Louis’s sharp, dangerous eyes. The Grand Duke holds you tight, chest to chest, his fac…