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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

Soleia's mouth fell open in sheer surprise. "Huh?"

"Pardon me for being frank, Princess Soleia, but just because you're a princess doesn't mean you have the right to throw your weight around and make demands where you shouldn't," Princess Nessa snapped. "Lady Elowyn deserved this wedding. She is the one the Duke loves."

"We did have a wedding ceremony…" Elowyn said, trailing off. She smiled bashfully as she recalled the events which bore no witnesses. "It was a small ceremony, but alas, had no witnesses and was thus unrecognized by the kingdom. Either way, I am content with what I had, and that memory will always be a cherished moment in my life."

"Just because you had a wedding that wasn't officiated doesn't mean that your marriage is now null and void, Lady Elowyn," Nessa said. "You should've been the Duchess of Drakenmire, the woman who stands by Duke Elsher's side." She stared scornfully at Soleia.

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