The nights feel chilly since I moved into the manor. It seems that having late night walks around the garden has become an habit for me. I can see the pale moonlight lighting up the pond and for some reason I feel calm. I caress the water's surface lightly with my fingers, feeling the coldness.
Suddenly, a hand strongly pulls my arm away from the pond , making me gasp as I get startled.
āI told you that I don't like you lurking around at night, neither outside nor inside the mansion. The darkness it's dangerous, I don't want to find your drained corpse lying on the ground. You should be in our room, my rose.ā Says a deep voice behind me, it sounds calm although I notice a certain anger in the tone.
I'm not sure if I'll ever get used to my husband's stoic and dominant behavior
Bastian Hawthorne isn't a man known for his delicacy. Courtesies stopped from the moment we signed the contract that formalized our marriage, he's too busy for that after all. And although I voluntarily agreed to his demands, I still can't get used to this place, this life. But necessity guided my steps , even if I never really felt welcomed here by the members of his family. This is just an arranged marriage after all, so I couldn't expect anything else.
The daughter of an aristocratic family on the brink of bankruptcy and a man rich enough to afford to buy her life. He saved the Rosewood name from vanishing, my loved ones. In exchange of what? The blood that flows through my veins.
The man who rescued me from misery is loved and hated at the same time. Admired as the great General that brought glory upon the country after winning the bloodbath called War, feared because of the curse that hangs over him, his family, and his future legacy: bloodlust.
The Lord of a mansion filled with monsters and vampires is now linked to a human woman. Linked to a human heart, for better or worse.
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