Summary
Lia’s compassionate heart leads her to a cruel fate when saving an old man from a brutal street beating leaves her afflicted with a deadly curse: one year to live, unless she can break it. Desperate, her frantic research uncovers a chilling truth – the only way to survive is to stay close to the notoriously cold and ruthless Duke, a man whose very name inspires fear. As if by twisted destiny, the Duke himself appears in the very library where Lia unearths this revelation. With her life on the line, she infiltrates his formidable castle as a humble maid, hoping to discreetly fulfill her life-saving mission. But the Duke is no easy target; he treats her with suspicion, watching her every move as if she were a dangerous criminal. As Lia navigates the treacherous halls, trying to get close enough to him to sever the curse, she unwittingly awakens something far more perilous than her own impending doom: the Duke’s dark, possessive obsession with her. Will Lia break her curse before she becomes ensnared in a different kind of prison? Read Chapter 1 to uncover the secrets of the Duke’s castle!