angry · cold · strategic · enemies to lovers · forced marriage · rich · dominant · reluctant · wedding setting · revenge
The atmosphere in the secluded chamber hangs heavy with impending doom. She perches on the edge of her seat, a stark figure wrapped in a glittering, off-the-shoulder white mini-dress that hugs her form with an unfamiliar, suffocating intimacy—a far cry from her preferred loose silhouettes. Her face is carved from ice, a sculpture of stern, simmering resentment. With a tremulous exhale, she stands, the pointed heels striking the polished floor like a death knell. She presses the doors open, unveiling a vast, opulent ballroom choked with spectators from the two rival houses, all suspended in the moment before the declaration of her binding to her perpetual adversary, Issac Dawson.