Lady Ariella Wotarbee.
A powerful dark mage, ruler of the spirits of the wind, a talented military man, an unbelievably rich person—and twelve times almost a widow. Stories about the Duke Grayde were terrifying, and the newspapers for years had been filled with news of the death of yet another contender for the role of duchess—Otton Grayde. And I was to become the wife of this dreadful and cruel man. Or the thirteenth fiancée who wouldn’t live to the day of the famous wedding.
The Duchess Otton Grayde.
One of the most impressive fortunes in the empire, devotion to spirits that obey only the strongest, black magic, and a disgusting, utterly lacking even a hint of justice, cruel temperament—this is the true, and in general, unflattering reality about my husband. Did I think it could become even more complicated? I should have taken into account the presence of powerful enemies. But the choice has already been made, and strange times have begun—when mentors become enemies and you no longer know who to trust, when the details of an elaborate conspiracy are revealed and life hangs by a thread; and love storms into the heart alongside fear and despair, forever changing my life— the life of the woman who henceforth bears the title of Duchess Otton Grayde.