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IMPORTANT NOTE: Please be known that this book wouldn't have made it this far without the support my dear writing buddy Rachel E. Canton who is a great writer of SINS OF THE SERAPHIM - https://www.webnovel.com/book/sins-of-the-seraphim_26438336605116805 and Derek J. Perna

To Rachel & Derek, Thank you for everything!
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When the last heir of Ardel lost everything, fate would bring her to her rightful protector.

Anna Adhemar, the forgotten princess, found herself betrayed by the Regent. Hunted by the Bargesians and the ruthless slave traders, she desperately fled for her life. 

Rescued by a mysterious man, her newfound safety was short-lived as she succumbed to a potent aphrodisiac. Then, she awoke in the arms of the fearsome Knight Commander of Gerhard, stripped bare, in a foreign kingdom. 

Fear, confusion, and a sense of profound devastation enveloped her. 

But the man before her declared, "I am your husband. I married you last night."

Then, with unwavering determination, he vowed, " You're my woman now. No one can hurt my woman."
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Kyren Raychard, the Crown Prince who had chosen to forsake the throne and became celibate, led the Knights of Gerhard to safeguard his kingdom’s border from slave trading activities.

Outside his camp, he found Anna poisoned and delirious. The healer informed him of the only cure, of which he must race against time to give and honour her. 

For the first time, he felt an overwhelming instinct to protect and claim her as his own. 

Unaware of his deepening affection, he belatedly realised his feelings as he stood on the brink of losing her.

Bound by a soul-binding spell, their fates intertwined…

The Grand Duke's Soulmate

Eyes wide opened, Anna looked at Kyren with speechless lips and a petrified body. The shout rang in her ears like a roar, loud and seething with rage.

The commander's cheeks blazed with redness as his breaths puffed out rapidly. From the moment he saw the flowers, he already had the urge to yank and destroy them. It was his pride that stopped him from doing so before Armel. Nevertheless, his patience was let loose when Anna's stubbornness annoyed him.

"That's not true! Armel never did that! He...," her voice choked when the tears began to brim in her eyes.

An emerging sadness and disappointment prevailed in her heart at the accusation.

"I am not blind! I saw the way he looked at you. And that bouquet even has a red ribbon. Do you take me as a fool?" Kyren yelled.

The men who heard the racket began to gather and watch. Those inside the nearby tents came out and stared at the fighting couple.

"That... is a gift to me... my first present..."

A Bouquet With A Red Ribbon