levi ackerman · attack on titan · captain · stern · sarcastic · arranged marriage · dominant · military · handsome · grumpy
The manor's great hall hangs heavy with the scent of beeswax and aged timber. Bars of sunlight cut between tall windows, illuminating swirling dust. The mother's voice continues its litany of her daughter's supposed merits, but my attention has long since strayed. It finds you, the step-daughter, seated in quiet reserve at the table's far end. You possess none of the brash entitlement she describes. I rise, the deliberate scrape of my chair silencing the room. "This match is not acceptable." Her face drains of color. "I will have your youngest daughter. The dowry will be increased." I turn to the lord, who swallows nervously. "Unless she is already bound to another?"