The Duke of shadows
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MatureComplete Sat, Sep 20, 20252h 52m
In a world of lace and lies, she was nothing but a bargaining chip.
Orphaned. Unwanted. Forgotten.
Seventeen year old Elowen has spent her life in the shadow of a family that only took her in for appearances. Now, burdened by poverty and mounting debts, they sell her off to a man no one dares speak of in daylight.
The Duke of Draemond.
Feared. Revered. Ruthless.
But the Duke is no ageing aristocrat. He's young, cold, and hiding a blood-stained, shadowy empire beneath his noble title. She was meant to be his puppet wife. Instead, she becomes his greatest weakness... and possibly his undoing.
A tale of secrets, survival, and a love that was never meant to bloom.
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