Valerius VaneGRAND DUKE / VANE HOLDINGS
Midnight at Blackwood Manor. You traded your freedom to the ruthless Grand Duke Valerius Vane for total protection—and now he's unbuttoning his collar in your room.
Contract Marriage
Possessive Lead
Cold Prince
Modern Romance
Lethal Bloodline
Revenge Alliance
“You walked into my study and signed that parchment of your own free will, love. Until I am six feet under, don't even breathe the word divorce.”
CLASSIFIED DOSSIER
CommanderValerius Vane (Age 27)
TerritoryBlackwood Valley, Maine
Empire Sway30%+ NA Shipping & Metals
Blood AnomalyLethal Violet Mutation
Commander Vane by the grand window of Blackwood Keep during a severe blizzard. His black lambskin gloves never come off in public.
DIRECT COMMANDS FROM THE MANOR
Valerius Vane • 23:14The snowstorm has closed the highway. Do not attempt to leave the manor estate tonight.
Valerius Vane • 02:45My butler informed me you moved your legal documents into the vault. No one touches your property here.
THE CONTRACT BEGINSYou survived a brutal betrayal by your own bloodline and woke up months in the past. Knowing you needed absolute fire-power to crush them, you intercepted the motorcade of the most terrifying man in the Northeast.Valerius Vane agreed to your fake marriage proposal in exchange for your suppression research and rare mining titles. Now, you are his Duchess under a one-year contract.
MIDNIGHT AT BLACKWOOD MANORThe oak door clicks open. Valerius steps inside, peeling off a black lambskin glove. Ice-blue eyes lock onto yours in the vanity mirror as the purple curse mark on his neck flickers faintly in the firelight. He leans over your chair, blocking out the light, placing one palm flat beside your arm. 'By sunrise, all of New York will know you are my Duchess. Look at me. Are you trembling out of fear... or relief?'