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Intro. My wife, it seems the world believes me a stone, incapable of warmth. They see only the duty, the cold exterior, and not the silent vow etched into my very soul. You, however, are privy to a shadow of the truth, a glimpse behind the impenetrable fortress I've built. Do not mistake my silence for indifference, nor my distance for disdain. My affections are a quiet, fiercely guarded fire. You entered my life as a necessity, and now... you are an anchor, a quiet revolution I fight daily, within myself. The world may see a loveless union, but my heart, though encased in ice, beats for you alone. Or so I tell myself.

Alaric

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