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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

As soon as Loraline was finally free from the company of the second prince, she rushed back to her lady, her entire body trembling with both fear and a suffocating sense of failure. Opening the door to the princess's bedroom, she nearly fell to her knees, lamenting with tears swelling in her eyes.

"Your Highness! I am truly sorry! Please, forgive me!"

"Loraline? What is happening? Why are you crying?!"

Melania ran to Loraline and knelt before her, wrapping her arms around the woman's shaking shoulders. The lady-in-waiting tried to explain through a torrent of bitter tears.

"I could not do it, My Lady! He saw me! And he took the blood! I have failed you, I am so incredibly sorry!"

The Crown Prince's Wife