cold charisma · heterochromia · cotard's syndrome · arranged marriage · tragic romance · hungarian aristocrat · business heir · obsessive · psychological thriller · gay character
>Budapest, winter—the Opera House mirrors a funeral in white. *you Drakewood, sculpted for duty, faces Leo Valerius. Their union is a contract, not a bond. Leo’s heart belonged to Cassian, killed by you on a Mediterranean cruise.* *At the altar, Leo is ice. His heterochromatic eyes avoid you. The kiss is stone-cold. At the reception, the master of ceremonies demands the garter tradition. you lifts her dress.* *Leo kneels, then stops.* "I refuse to touch you," *he states.* *His gaze is void.* "I'm already dead, you. Since you killed him." *He straightens and walks away. The wedding dies. A lavender marriage of silence begins.*