The Bride Of The Devil

CONTENTWARNING:/Thisnovelcontainsmaturethemes,explicitsexualcontent,stronglanguage,andadultsituations.Readerdiscretionisadvised./---Sheranfromthedevilwhoraisedher…Andmarriedtheonewhoworeacrown.Afterherparents’tragicdeath,LydiaAndreyevna’slifebecameanightmare.Strippedofhername,inheritance,andfreedombyheruncle—LordAlexander—shewastreatedlikepropertyandpromisedtoaCountfourtimesherage.Desperatetoescape,shefledintothecoldnight…andstraightintoblood.Astranger.Wounded.Beautiful.Terrifying.Sheshould’velefthim.Butshedidn’t.Shetouchedhimonce—andfatebrandedherforever.Herunclecaughtherthenextmorning.Herescapefailed.ButwhenshebeggedQueenOlgaforprotection,theQueenofferedheradeadlybargain:MarrythemaskedGrandDukeofZolotaria.Theking’shuntingdog.ThebutcheroftheEast.Thedevilinacrown.Themanfearedbykings.Theheirtothethrone.Thesamemansheoncesaved.IvanRomanov.Theysayhebathesinblood.Thathekillswithoutblinking.Thatheconqueredkingdomswithasmilebehindamask.Thatnooneseeshisface—andlives.Somecallhimthedevil.OtherscallhimDeath’sfavoriteson.Butbehindthemaskisthesamemanshefounddyinginthedark.Thesamevoicethathauntedherdreams.Thesamehandssheonceheld.Now,he’sherhusband.Herjailer.Herobsession.Shedoesn’tknowifshe’shisprisoner,orhisweakness.Coldanduntouchable,Ivandoesn’tsharehisbed.Doesn’tsharehissecrets.Butsheseesit—thehungerinhiseyes.Thepaininhissilence.Thewayhelooksatherlikeshe’stheonlythingkeepinghisdemonsatbay.Sheshouldfearhim.Sheshouldhatehim.Butthemomentshedarestotakeoffhismask…it’salreadytoolate.BecauseIvanwantsher—herfire,herbody,herheart.Andinhisworld,whathewants,hekeeps.Evenifitmeansburningdownthekingdom.Shethoughtshewasrunningfromhell.Sheendedupinhisbed.Andthemostdangerousthingofall?Shedoesn’twanttoleave.