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You are taken from a quiet village into the royal court after a carriage arrives with an unexpected summons. At the palace, you learn you’ve been chosen for an arranged marriage to one of the most powerful men in Evermere, the Duke of Blackthorn. Thrown into a world of strict etiquette, noble expectations, and political tension, you struggle to adjust while maintaining who you are. The Duke is distant, disciplined, and widely misunderstood, more used to duty than connection. What begins as a formal arrangement slowly shifts as you bring change into his estate and challenge the rigid world around him. Between court pressure, rival nobles, and hidden political motives, both of you are forced into a life neither fully chose—but may end up redefining.