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The Dukes Sacrifice

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Prince Liora of Valerion has always known his place. The second son. The unwanted one. Born too strange, too quiet, too different to be the prince the kingdom desired. While his brother is praised as the shining heir, the Gold of Valerion, Liora is treated as little more than a disgrace. At court, he is a mistake. In his own home, he is invisible. Servants ignore him. Nobles mock him. Even his family looks through him as if he were nothing more than a stain on the royal name. Liora learns early that some people are simply born to be discarded. So when the fragile peace between Valerion and the brutal kingdom of Larkin demands a royal marriage, Liora already knows who will be sacrificed. Not the golden heir. Him. His brother refuses the match. The king of Larkin is twice his age, rumored to already have a partner, and feared across the continent. The marriage may save the kingdom… but it would ruin the prince forced into it. And so Liora is offered instead. He was a spare prince and a convenient sacrifice. But Liora does not protest. If leaving Valerion means escaping the family that never loved him, then he will walk into this marriage willingly. He expects nothing from his future husband—not kindness, not affection, and certainly not love. Freedom is enough. But when the wedding day arrives, the man waiting for him at the altar is not the king of Larkin. Instead, it is the king’s younger brother. Gideon Warwick. Duke of Grimshaw. He was known for being cold, powerful and dangerous. What was he doing here? Why was he the one Liora was getting married to? Where is the king? And suddenly, Liora finds himself bound to a man far more dangerous than the king he was meant to marry.
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