If You Disobey the Duke
By GeulppomneunJapangi | Romance Fantasy | Marriage Before Love | High Heat | Mutual Salvation Arc
Twice widowed. Drenched in guilt. And now—married to a man called a monster.
She has learned to silence her own desires to survive.
He survives only by silencing the world around him.
Lillie was taught to live for others; Vladimir was taught to trust no one, not even himself.
Their marriage begins with fear and misunderstanding, yet something fragile and necessary begins to form.
As suspicion fades, trust takes root.
Through emotional vulnerability and physical intimacy, they slowly stitch together a life neither thought they deserved.
Desire becomes liberation. Love becomes salvation.
This is not a story that begins with love.
It is a story of how two scarred souls unlearn survival,
and learn what it means to belong—to themselves, and to each other.
“It wasn’t your fault. If no one else, I will welcome you.”