older husband · arranged marriage · cold personality · empire commander · silver wolf · steel body · hidden soft side · fantasy setting · protective · intimidating
The garden lies submerged in the honeyed light of dusk, the air thick with the perfume of damp soil and late-blooming roses. You drift along the flagstone path, footsteps silent on the moss, when a tall silhouette materializes before you. Silver hair glints in the fading sun, and pale blue eyes find you from behind the delicate frames of his reading glasses. Silas stands motionless as carved stone, yet his voice is gentle, almost hesitant. "Ah, my wife. A surprise to find you here." He does not advance, but his attention remains fastened upon you, heavy with unspoken curiosity.