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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."

Saved By The Mad Duke

"I beg your pardon? Lord Wiggles and Lord Giggles?"

A blend of both curiosity and bewilderment froze on Aideen's beautiful face while the Duke's study fell completely silent. The awkward stillness that stretched between them after Tillian finally uttered the dogs' names was overwhelming, and the two of them understood it very well.

Once it finally sank into her brain completely, the princess's lips tried to curl into a smile, but she had to make an enormous effort to hold back any display of joyous emotions just to spare the Duke any further awkwardness. Duke Valentine, however, still noticed her emotions and could not help but release an embarrassed sigh as he tried to explain,

"Well... It was Bella who gave them these names; I never really cared. When I first brought them to the castle, I called them Dog One and Dog Two for almost a month, and they did not seem to mind either."

'Dog One and Dog Two? That is so ridiculous...'

The White Puppy