Fragile Empire
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Last published Tue, Aug 12, 2025
"Are you set on making sure our marriage lasts, Cedrick Ironwood?"
"I am," he replies in earnest. "Even if this garden turns into fields of black dahlias, Airene Gracefield."
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For the second time in her life, Airene finds herself in front of the Imperial General's son, Cedrick Ironwood II. This time, however, Airene is his proposed marriage partner. In a contract marriage that is being meticulously controlled by Cedrick's father, will Airene and Cedrick's buds of romance be ripped out of the ground before they can fully bloom?
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