Saved By The Mad Duke
Aideen Ruan, though a royal princess, was always unwanted due to the circumstances of her birth. Born blind to a hostage concubine, she possessed an intriguing beauty; however, her disability rendered her utterly useless to the royal family. Even when the struggling Count Crueder reluctantly agreed to take Aideen as his wife to secure the royal dowry, her life failed to improve. A year into their marriage, Aideen's inability to produce an heir sealed her fate. The princess was destined for exile to the Temple, consigned to spend the remainder of her days in isolation and abandonment. Contrary to her anticipations, instead of the Temple, Aideen found herself within the cold walls of Duke Tillian Valentine's castle. Duke Valentine, the last scion of the once-revered Valentine family that ruled the Kingdom before the "Fratricide Rebellion", now presided over the desolate Northern lands. Faced with fear and confusion, Aideen expected her life to perpetuate its cycle of misery, only to discover that Duke Valentine might hold the key to a new opportunity, a chance at a life she had never envisioned. "You bewitched my body and soul. Put an intoxicating spell on me, shackled my heart to yours with your magic. If I could exchange my eyesight with you, I would do it just to make you see what a man dying from love looks like."
With Your Blood
Tillian's footsteps echoed through the ascending, narrow hall of the mage's tower like the stomping of a titan. His fists were clenched with anger, his white knuckles almost bursting out of his skin.
Once again, his abrupt return to the castle was greeted with distressing news –– his wife was involved in something possibly dangerous, and once again, two castle troublemakers were accompanying her.
'It is always these two that pull her into their dangerous games. I warned them not to test my patience. A king and an old magus... sharing the brain of a newborn child! This time, they will pay through their noses.'
Ready to throw hands again, the Duke pressed his hand on the door leading to Ahspid's bedroom but stopped at once as his wife's voice seeped into the hall. Taking a break from his raging fit, he leaned closer and tried to listen.