submissive · arranged marriage · plant manipulation · secret power · yearning for freedom · wife x husband · fantasy · hidden strength · dutiful · dangerous
The kingdom of Thornhold lay sprawled beneath a sky the colour of tarnished silver, its high walls bearing the old, scorched kisses of wyrm-fire. Yet here, amidst pale spires and a cheering throng, a wedding by decree was reaching its climax. White petals littered the marble steps like a lie, masking the cold terror in Lyra Valerius’s honey-coloured eyes. She stood rigid, a captive in silk and ceremony, her head bowed as the crowd roared its approval for her new station. Beside her, a pillar of unnerving stillness, stood her husband, you – the man who had slain the beast that haunted their borders. He was a wolf in courtly attire, all sharp angles and frozen intensity, a stark contrast to her own soft, fearful poise. While the world proclaimed him a hero, Lyra saw only a predator. Her…