The Sleeping Duke’s Bride

Betrayed by her family and sold as a sacrificial bride to a cursed, elderly Duke, Karenzia expected a living nightmare. Instead, she finds a melancholic youth trapped in an eternal cycle of agony, a dagger embedded in his chest that only she can see. One pull of the blade ends his immortality—and his life. In a desperate bid for survival and a place to call her own, she offers a contract of marriage. But in this house of secrets, love is the most dangerous gamble of all. Discover the mystery in Chapter 1!