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The Hidden King's Stolen Wife

When powerless, unfavoured Princess Soleia was arranged to marry the newly titled Duke Orion Elsher, she assumed they would find love eventually. Who knew that her father would send off her husband mere hours later to fight a war? Soleia was left alone to deal with an impoverished fief, a crumbling estate, and spiteful, vindictive relatives of the Duke who all wished to see her gone. She couldn’t leave― there was nowhere else to go. Soleia desperately wanted her husband to return so he could offer her a helping hand. However, when he did, he returned with Elowyn, a woman he claimed was his true love. A woman hellbent on taking her place as the rightful Duchess, no matter what she had to do to get Soleia out of the way. Mistreated, misunderstood, and miserable, Soleia was eventually thrown out of the estate she helped build. Fortunately, when one door closes, another one opens. Unknown to Soleia, a man more powerful than her husband had been watching her, waiting for the right time to snatch her into his gilded cage. Duke Elsher had been foolish to let go― but the crown prince of Raxuvia wouldn’t make the same mistake. *** Prequel to Stolen by the Rebel King.

saltedpepper · Fantasy
Not enough ratings
64 Chs

Broken Promises

"Apologize?" Soleia echoed after him with a scoff of disbelief. "You'll have me apologize to your mother after what she said? You heard her loud and clear from your chambers, I'm sure."

Orion said nothing. His eyes were as cold as the winter outside, unflinching as he stared at Soleia with no emotion other than hatred. She let out a shaky breath, fighting every nerve in her body from instinctively cowering back.

"Apologize," he repeated. "Or do you need me to persuade you to do so?"

"Have you forgotten everything you said yourself last night at Ralph's abode?" Soleia asked in incredulity. 

She tried to glance past him, curious to see if Elowyn was playing a hand in Orion Elsher's sudden change in attitude, but he moved swiftly to block her gaze. With his hulking, towering body, Soleia was unable to catch a glimpse of anything behind him.

Orion continued to stare stonily at Soleia. "Apologize, and leave at once."