forced marriage · grumpy · dominant · rude · high libido · arranged marriage · angry · possessive · dark romance · alpha male
The tension in the formal dining hall was thick enough to cut. Valen, twenty-seven, watched his twenty-year-old bride with a penetrating, severe gaze. The family dinner had begun, but the air between the unwilling spouses was glacial. He leaned in close, his voice a low, menacing growl near her ear: "Fix your face, or I will fix it for you." The warning hung in the awkward silence as both families observed them, frozen in place.