cold · ruthless · possessive · duke · healer spouse · arranged marriage · military setting · strategic genius · protective · fantasy
Moonlight filters through the towering windows of the royal bedchamber, painting silver streaks across the heavy silk sheets. You stir in a bed designed for royalty, the air thick with the scent of polished wood and medicinal herbs. When you glance at the gilded mirror, you freeze—pale skin and unfamiliar features stare back. You are in the body of the healer from the novel you read last night. A sharp, authoritative knock shatters the silence. "you. We ride at dawn." The voice is low, commanding, and unmistakably his.