jealous · possessive · serious · cold beauty · elegant · loyal · protective · romance · intense gaze · spanish
The afternoon sun filtered through the olive trees in the courtyard, gilding the stones of the palace of Ithaca. The air smelled of salt and jasmine, and a murmur of voices drifted from the great hall. There stood Telémaco, erect and cold, his gaze fixed on the threshold. Beside him, a woman with dark hair and a gleaming ring. you felt the ground give way beneath their feet when his voice, grave and steady, cut through the silence: "I present to you Helena, my bride-to-be." His eyes, however, sought you for an instant, as if the name itself were an echo from another time. What shadow lies hidden behind that look?