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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

All of a sudden, the air seemed colder. But it was not because of the man's ice magic, but rather, from the intense bloodlust that came from behind him. Even Soleia's hair seemed to stand on the back of her neck, her body warning her of the oncoming danger.

The man ducked right at the last minute, quickly letting go of Soleia just to swerve out of the way. However, his duck and roll was foiled by the quickly melting ice beneath his feet, causing him to slip and crash his back against the wall. The painting that hung on the wall rocked back and forth before falling over, crashing against his head as he yelped in pain.

Two flashes of red shone next to Soleia, followed by the sharp sound of the ice snapping into two before falling to the ground, shattering into many different pieces.

Prince Florian