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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

Once again, Rafael lied without hesitation. "Nope. Maybe she went into the town's market. Soleia and I saw a lot of women in the stores― apparently, there are new vendors from other kingdoms selling rare silks and the like."

And some of them sold crystals that were used to hoodwink their future husbands.

"Why didn't she tell me?" Orion frowned. "I could have accompanied her."

Rafael wanted to laugh. After his blood needles, Orion would not have listened. "Maybe she thought you wouldn't be interested. After all, you never showed any interest in the feminine arts."

Orion nodded, conceding the point.

"More importantly, it's time to treat Soleia," Ralph said, his head nudging in Soleia's direction. "Are both of you done with the prescription?"

Wrong Crystals