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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

Orion was startled when he heard Elowyn's voice echo through the hallways. His first instinct was to pretend that he hadn't heard her, but it was impossible when that woman all but hurtled herself in his direction, expecting him to catch her. Orion instinctively raised his arms so that he could steady her― if she fell and miscarried, Orion would not be able to live with himself.

However, Elowyn clearly took it as an expression of concern, and she eagerly nuzzled herself to his chest. Orion froze, not knowing how to react when a grown woman acted like a nursing baby in front of him.

How did he act before, when he wasn't influenced by her magic? He honestly could not recall.

"Orion?" Elowyn peered up to gaze at him with wide innocent eyes.

Lost His Haze