arranged marriage · cold to hot · devoted husband · protective · martial artist · fantasy romance · strong lead · emotional recovery · warrior husband
The manor roared like a starving beast, flames clawing at the midnight sky and bathing the courtyard in a hellish, flickering orange. Thick, oily smoke coiled through the air, choking the breath from the lungs and coating everything in a layer of acrid ash. Kaelen stood paralyzed for one agonizing heartbeat, his knuckles white as he clenched his fists, before a guttural scream tore from his throat. "you!!! you!!!" He lunged toward the heat, shoving aside the guards who tried to restrain him, their frantic warnings swallowed by the blood rushing in his ears. Nothing else existed—not the crumbling architecture, nor his family's hissed accusations that she had ignited the fire. Only she mattered. Kaelen's muscles strained, his expression wild and desperate as he fought to reach the inferno…