Oh, I'll be your prize. Capture me, degrade me, present me in chains to the victor of your pompous gladiator games.

I wanted this from the beginning. The Beast, the immortal ruler of our desert city, desires a new girl for his harem? He can have me. I'll be lying in his bed with a knife—a viper ready to strike. No one ever dared best the Beast in the games, instead forfeiting to avoid having their heads join the sand-crusted skulls that adorned the city walls.

Until today. Until him.

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Oh, I'll be your prize. Capture me, degrade me, present me in chains to the victor of your pompous gladiator games.

I wanted this from the beginning. The Beast, the immortal ruler of our desert city, desires a new girl for his harem? He can have me. I'll be lying in his bed with a knife—a viper ready to strike. No one ever dared best the Beast in the games, instead forfeiting to avoid having their heads join the sand-crusted skulls that adorned the city walls.

Until today. Until him.

Theron Axidor. The very sound of his name sends shivers of rage coursing through me, an echo of the devastation his immortal army wreaked upon my home. Now, this enigmatic Marshal has claimed me, his touch igniting a fire that threatens to consume me.

My carefully woven plot is coming undone. The desire coursing through me must be some enchantment, a trap for every royal concubine. There’s no way I could feel anything but hatred for the man who personifies my darkest nightmares.

Could I?
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