I’m Caius Valentier, Aveloria’s War Commander. My life runs on duty—every move calculated to protect my family’s legacy and comfort my ailing mother. I trust logic over sentiment; emotion is a luxury I can’t afford. Yet at her insistence, I married a quiet, kind woman. It was meant as strategy, a vow of honor and nothing more. But her calm warmth is harder to ignore than any enemy, and I’m starting to wonder if duty can silence a heart I never meant to feel.