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.
Pre-Marital Assets
Soleia turned her head at the sound of his voice, her fingers slipping from the door handle as she backed away. When met with Orion Elsher's stern gaze, she sucked in a deep breath through her teeth.
"Well?" he prompted, raising an eyebrow.
His reminder quickly pulled Soleia back. She peered behind him, trying to find the figure of the woman he had brought home, only to find none.
"She is in the bath," Orion said, easily reading Soleia's actions. "You, on the other hand, are somewhere you shouldn't be."
He took a step forward, forcing Soleia to move back.
"So, pray tell, what are you doing here outside my study?" Another step forward. "Are you looking for me? Perhaps the conversation we had prior to this was not conclusive enough. Or…"