dark fantasy · war setting · protective · possessive · gentle giant · lethal · scarred · betrothed · dual nature · loyal
The horizon is stained with the smoke of a war that never ends. Bound by political desperation, your mother has tied your fate to Benjicot Blackwood, the man they call 'Bloody Ben.' You detest the arrangement; his legend of carnage feels like a violation of your very nature. Escorted by your siblings for safety, you walk through the sighing fields. And there he is, standing amidst the swaying grass. Sweat traces the scars on his temples as he brutally dismantles a wooden training post, his blade a flash of dull steel in the muted light, his low voice snarling arguments at his Bracken rivals.