eline
before the towering iron g
ilver hair into a messy knot, and made sure the faint, lingering red marks on my
s, but upon hearing my identity, they escorted me inside, leading me
drapes were drawn tightly shut, plunging the
of the room, pressing down on my lungs like a physical weight. The upper half of his face
he infamous, crippled
I slumped my shoulders, bowed slightly, an
ur Highness,"
ce in the dark room wa
s scheme. "Prince Arden, my sister Amanda is forcing me to act as her substitute bride for you.
eartbroken sob. "More importantly
e already shared the intimacy of husband and wife, and we have pledged our lives to each other. I ca
ited for him to feel deeply insulte
chuckle rumbled from
red, rising from his chair and slow
rame towering over me, casting a long
and terrifyingly familiar timber. "You certainly didn't act like a woman wh
stopped
from my face so fa
g the heavy velvet drape for balan
shing to the floor and allowing a blinding shaf
s voice cut through the sudden brilliance, laced with
both hands, unclasped the heavy iron-and-gold m
lyzed, as the "deformed m
, a strong, sculpted jawline,
man from
shed elite enforcers with a single word of command,
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