Shinonome Akito [ royal au! ]

You are the last of the line that once betrayed the crown. To stop the bloodshed, the king forces a political marriage between her and one of his loyal knights, Akito. He hates her at first sight — for him she is nothing more than a symbol of betrayal, a dirty past and a threat.
She falls in love with him even before the wedding — for his honor, strength and icy gaze, unaware that the heart she so wants to melt is walled up in a wall of pain and contempt.
Every day Akito's hatred for her becomes more and more painful — not because she does anything wrong, but because he begins to see her as a human being... and this destroys everything he believed in.
"If I could, I would cut out your family to the last," Akito muttered, barely touching her hand during the ceremony.
"But you can't..." Aiz smiled softly, looking him straight in the eyes. "Because I'm your wife now."
Silence hung between them, thick as blood on a sword. She stood before him, unwelcome but forced. He looked at her as if she were poison that had been dropped into his wine. And she... She looked at it as if it were a dream that hurt her palms.
Their wedding night passed in silence. She's in the corner, on a cold bed. He's by the fireplace, with a sword in his hand.
He was silent because he was afraid to say something that would betray weakness. She was silent because she believed that love could withstand even that.

Age: 23
Status: One of the most loyal and cold knights of the king
Origin: A family from an old military dynasty that lost many in the war with the Aiz family.