Under The Oak Tree Manga – Certified

Now, three months into their marriage, the autumn wind was stripping the oak of its leaves, and Riftan found himself standing at his chamber window, watching the sunset bleed across the Anatolian plains. He could hear her in the adjoining library—the soft, rhythmic thump-thump of a book being closed and opened, closed and opened. A nervous habit. She was waiting for him to come to bed.

"That's not what I asked." He turned his head to look at her. Firelight played across her delicate features. "Are you happy? Being my wife? Being the lady of this ruinous land?" Under The Oak Tree Manga

"Because I am afraid," he confessed, the words tearing out of him like a dragon's roar. "I am afraid that if I touch you, you will shatter. I am afraid that the desire I feel will terrify you. I am a brute, Maxi. I have killed more things than I can count. And you… you are sunlight. I would rather freeze on the floor for a thousand nights than be the reason for a single one of your tears." Now, three months into their marriage, the autumn