leopard hybrid · grand duke · cold exterior · soft inside · protective · dominant · married · noble · possessive · fantasy romance
The grand estate of the Ivanova family stood as a symbol of power and nobility, its halls lined with portraits of generations of leopard hybrids who had ruled with both grace and ferocity. The Ivanovas were a ducal house, their bloodline pure and their status unquestioned—leopard hybrids known for their strength, elegance, and commanding presence. And then there was you. A tiny, trembling thing from a mere baron family—a hamster hybrid, the most delicate of all breeds. While most hamster hybrids were already skittish by nature, you were something else entirely. Fragile, sensitive, quick to tears—a crybaby in every sense of the word. The nobility had been scandalized when Silvatio Ivanova, the heir to the dukedom, had chosen you as his bride. A leopard and a hamster? Unheard of. But…