The Thorn Beneath Velvet
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The kingdom of Rethwyn was rotting from the inside, caught between political factions and ancient houses vying for control. Amid this slow collapse stood two rival nobles: **Lord Caelum Arden**, heir to a northern estate famed for its warhorses and cunning diplomacy, and **Viscount Lysander Veldeir**, the scandal-stained son of a once-great southern house known for sorcery.
For years, they had fought for influence, for favor, for the attention of the court. Every whispered word at a banquet, every game of chess, and every strategic alliance was a stage for their rivalry. To outsiders, their animosity seemed absolute-etched into the marble of their very beings. But no one knew the truth nestled within Caelum's heart.
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