Cradle of the Enemy

It began as friendship, but later became love. Ivelin, who lost everything after the fall of her family. The marriage proposal from her childhood friend, who returned as a duke, was an irresistible and alluring offer. "I'll make it fun." Long fingers scratch down her spine as if tempting her. "You always loved playing with me." The man's words, promising a return to the happiest of times, are as sweet as honey. And so, she became the wife of the empire's greatest duke. After the marriage, Ian shed his ascetic and aristocratic mask. More of a shameless rogue than a gentleman, a lewd libertine, a merciless tyrant, he gradually tames Ivelin's body and soul, making them his own... Then o...