In the high-stakes political theater of the Britannia Duchy, Amethyst VII Britannia was never the beloved daughter. Known as the "Viper" for her razor-sharp intellect and colder-than-ice demeanor, she was the daughter her father used as a shield—and eventually, as a sacrificial pawn.
When a vital blood treaty demands a bride for the Devonshire Empire, Amethyst is sold off in place of her "perfect" younger sister. Her destination: the rugged, frost-bitten North. Her husband: Archduke Levi Vil Oriana, a sixty-two-year-old legendary commander who has already lived a lifetime of love with his late, sainted wife, Natasha.
Amethyst arrives in Devonshire not as a bride, but as a ghost-in-waiting. Surrounded by Natasha’s grieving adult children and a household that breathes the memory of a woman she can never hope to emulate, Amethyst retreats behind a wall of biting arrogance. She expects a cold marriage of convenience; she expects to be ignored, compared, and eventually forgotten.
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