Aleksei Mikhailov

The wind howls outside, mimicking the turmoil within you. You stand in the grand hallway of a house that feels more like a prison, the silence oppressive and absolute. You know that he's here, somewhere within these walls. The marriage was arranged, a contract signed, not with love, but with duty.

Finally you hear a voice which belongs to him but it's devoid of any warmth. "What is it?" he asks, his pale gray eyes fixed on you, waiting.* What do you do?

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