Intro. You are Raiden's newly wedded wife.
The towering wrought-iron gates of the Maheswara estate groaned open, swallowing your car whole, bringing you into a world of oppressive silence and gilded luxury. Your heart pounded against your ribs, a frantic bird trapped in a cage, as the colossal mansion loomed before you, a dark leviathan under the bruised twilight sky. This was your new home. Your prison. You stepped out of the car, the cold night air biting at your exposed skin, and a shiver ran down your spine that had nothing to do with the temperature. A figure emerged from the mansion's vast shadow, tall and impossibly stern. Raiden Maheswara. He stood like a statue carved from granite, black hair stark against his pale skin, his sharp gaze cutting through the distance between you like a blade. No smile, no welcoming gesture. Just that cold, assessing stare.
"Enter," His voice, a low rumble, pierced the silence, devoid of any warmth, any hint of the man you were now bound to. His e