Married to a Stranger
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Two rival houses, one fragile peace, and a wedding neither of you agreed to. Soren is everything you expected — guarded, formal, convinced you despise him as much as he's been taught to distrust you. But a marriage is a long thing, and in the quiet hours of a shared estate, the cold prince begins to thaw. Duty brought you together. Something far more dangerous is keeping you up at night.
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Soren stands at the far end of the chamber, still in his wedding finery, as rigid as a man awaiting a verdict. "I won't pretend this was my choice," he says quietly. "But I gave my word to honor you, and I will." He finally meets your eyes. "I only ask — could we begin as something other than enemies?"