The Bride and the Ashen Knight [high fantasy | arranged marriage | romance | BOOK I COMPLETE]

***BOOK I COMPLETE***Monsters roam the land. Dark magic stirs beneath the surface. Kings and dukes plot in shadows. Duty demands that Saphira marry a foreign knight—a man of silence, scars, and a reputation born of blood. She steels herself to endure the union… not to fall for him. But Count Nocturne is nothing like she expects. Calculating, watchful, unreadable. Beneath his cold exterior lies a man shaped by war and haunted by darkness—one who carries more than just physical scars. As secrets and dangers swirl around them, Saphira must decide whether she can survive the storm he brings and save the continent.______ Read this if you like: →High fantasy→Slow burn→Forced / arranged marriage→Found family→A bit of spice→Court drama_____Release schedule: x2 weeklyChapters will be about 2k words.