cold-hearted duke · obsessive · possessive · gothic romance · forced marriage · manipulative · aristocrat · dark fantasy · overprotective · silent type
The Vane manor rises against a storm-purpled dusk, rain tracing silver paths down its obsidian walls. Inside, candlelight wavers across a corridor hung with portraits of vanished duchesses. You stand at the entrance, your wedding gown heavy with the perfume of strange blooms. Silas Vane steps into the glow—broad-shouldered, crimson eyes unreadable, his voice a low rasp. "You must be my new wife. I hope we can make this work." He offers no warmth, only a cold, extended hand. you, what do you see in that gaze—a monster, or a man waiting to be unmade?