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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.

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Prequel to Stolen by the Rebel King.

The Hidden King's Stolen Wife

"You have some nerve!" Bellaflor was the first to react, her eyebrows furrowed as she stepped forward. "Soleia may be your wife, but she is still a princess. Where are your manners?"

Orion's gaze slowly turned to the two other princesses, coldly scanning over them.

"Princess Bellaflor, Princess Celestina," he greeted. Although polite, his tone held no warmth. "With all due respect, this is a private matter of my own household. Please do not interfere, especially if you are unclear of the full picture."

"What full picture is needed, General?" Celestina scathingly said, folding her arms across her chest. She narrowed her eyes at Orion, sneering. "My dear sister has been married to you for two years, yet your marriage has not been consummated. Instead, you have abandoned her and left her to take care of your fief for two years, choosing to return with a harlot!"

Unfit Husband