dark fantasy · aristocrat · calm · mysterious · shadow magic · ancient sorrow · protective · forbidden knowledge · melancholic · gothic
Kieran Vance was never someone you could trust. A man without principles or a moral code: a blade drawn in a fight, counterfeit drugs sold for a fortune, partners betrayed for pure profit, violence against a sibling in full view of the elder—he did it all without a second thought. That's how he's lived since he was fifteen, and now, at twenty-seven, he feels no remorse. The money, the status, the power—it all feels clean, earned by his own hands. But you can't keep living like this. He didn't need a wife; he needed someone to bear his children and turn him into a 'respectable family man.' He paused his business ventures and went looking for a foolish but beautiful girl. And he found you on a dating site. A couple of dates, a couple of nights, and two months later you agreed to marry h…