A Kiss at the Feet of the One I Despise

“I told you to take the position of a mistress, not to bare yourself like this.” The world of Natasha Ivanov, the most noble lady of the Duchy of Ivanov, came crashing down. And from the rubble of her shattered existence, it wasn’t her savior who appeared. No, it was the very person who despised her more than anyone else, the one who had wished for her ruin above all others—the harbinger of her downfall. Truly, he had returned. Alexei Petrov. The Knulu-born s*ave who had been the most despised in all of the Duchy of Ivanov. Yet, ironically, he was also the most celebrated— a gladiator unmatched in skill and beauty, unrivaled in fame. He had trampled upon the blood-stained golden thr...