Kidnapped By The Crazy Duke

I became a supporting character in a captivity-abduction classic novel set against the backdrop of a world war. Unlike the protagonist’s sister, who was treated coldly and ab*sed at home, as “Diana Claire,” I was abducted in place of the protagonist in order to get out of this hell. “Don’t leave me, princess. All right? You can’t die.” The Duke that abducted me was a beautiful madman, an educated madman. He would visit me from time to time and stare at me as if I were an important piece of art he had carefully stored away. His eyes were ascetic yet strangely decadent, sensual yet full of flavor. I didn’t know why this man, who seemed insane, would do this to me. What was inside the pretty...