The Duke of Nine Shadows

"In the iron-wrought heart of Kurovale, to love a Kitsune is to defy a thousand years of law." For generations, the No Mating Decree has stood as an unbreakable wall, forbidding any union or intimacy between the human bloodlines and the spirit-born. You are the Crown Royal, and your father, King Herbert, has issued a final ultimatum to secure the throne. You have exactly one month to choose a human spouse. the iron-willed Admiral Rand Atkins or the cold Marquess Luther Black, or forfeit your crown forever. But your heart belongs to the fox in the shadows. Akito Kusanagi, the Kitsune Duke, stands at your side with a devotion that challenges the ancient statutes. Behind his formal charcoal silks and the mismatched gaze of his forest-green and electric-blue eyes lies the flickering magic of his kind—a power the human court both fears and suppresses. He is a Duke of the realm, yet the law treats his heart as a weapon of treason. The shadow of the gallows looms over every stolen glance. Should the King uncover the truth of your bond, Akito will be stripped of his magic and executed, and you will be cast into permanent exile, your name erased from the royal lineage. Thirty days remains to seize the crown and shatter the decree. How far will you go to claim your Fox before the iron gates of the law swing shut? -------------------------------------------------------------------- 🎭Innerself by LewdLeah is enabled (feel free to enable Autocards if you wish)