The Villainess Captured The Grand Duke Novels & Stories

Caterina smiled at the stranger in front of her. She didn't know who he was, apparently a new enemy. She knew all of La Vendetta's enemies, but not this time. “Fool. You should have found out who your target was before you kidnapped me.” Caterina taunted the villain. She found it both amusing and sad that the enemy had captured the wrong person. In vain, they used her as a hostage to threaten Leonardo because Leonardo himself didn't care about her.

"Not much of a rescuer, is he?" I don't take the bait. Lucian will come. I know it as surely as I know my own name. Riccardo watches me carefully before tilting his head. "You look so much like her, you know. Vittoria. Your dear grandmother." His voice dips into something almost nostalgic, but the glint in his eyes is pure malice. "I always regretted not being the one to carve her up myself." A cold knot forms in my stomach. I brace myself, but nothing could prepare me for the sting of a blade skimming over my ribs. Just light enough to burn, not deep enough to scar.

They cursed her memory, cursed her line, and wiped her presence from the pack records as if she were a plague. I pause, looking down at my hands— hands that are whole, unburned, but trembling. "And because her blood ran in my veins, every single drop of that foul reputation was poured directly onto my shoulders." I was no longer the quiet girl who brewed chamomile for sleepless pups. Overnight, I became the villainess’s spawn. I was the child of the shameless woman who tried to steal Captain Rosante. Whenever I walked down the paths, the elders sneered, shielding their children as if my very presence were contagious.

The smell of smoke followed Elena Vale into death. It crawled into her lungs like poison, thick and unforgiving, as the golden ballroom collapsed into chaos around her. Flames devoured silk curtains. Crystal chandeliers shattered like falling stars against marble floors. The world she once ruled was now a funeral built of fire. And somewhere beyond the inferno—people were laughing. “Elena Vale did it!” “She finally snapped!” “The villainess tried to kill Lady Seraphina!”

' 'What do you mean, Winter? She didn't get to answer as he continued, "Maverick already mentioned that he thought the ones his men had captured and interrogated were part of a human trafficking ring. Why not push for that angle?" "You can't expect that to work," said Sheila. "No," said the Grand Duke. "This is something we can work with." The Grand Duchess removed the fan from her face as she said, "You've quite an interesting mind. I'm assuming you already have an idea to explain their meeting."

“Have you heard about the Grand Duchess Kristen?” “Who hasn’t heard about the rumored flower of the capital? She’s beautiful and elegant but she’s very capable too. I heard it was due to her efforts that the bandits pillaging about the forest’s edges were caught. It’s also due to her efforts that the area around the Forest of Damnation is safer these days” “That’s incredible. The Grand Duke is a scary person so he must really feel blessed to marry such a capable person”

I repeated once again, as I hope I'm hearing things i don't bear to hear be the actual answer to my question but my hope crash as she slowly nodded at my words. I suddenly drop the knife I was holding, causing for it to crash to something or. I softly look down, only to see the maid holding the knife that I drop directed at her bloody stomach. She layed there, staring at me before her figure turned into ashes. I slowly freaked out but when I suddenly realize something, I began to calm down. Duke Yan Leocubus... Duke of Yuan Empire, father of the villainess and last... The one and only person who will kill the villainess the moment he fell in love in the female lead....

My vision blurred even further with my throat raw like I had swallowed fire, I felt myself fall and then my eyes close. THE DUKE I caught the girl before she hit the floor as I have been observing her movements from the time our eyes met across the room, now she was the only one worth paying attention to because not only was she beautiful but her scent was something I could not resist. I am the Duke of Valestead and I am also a Vampire, one who have lived for centuries but few people knew that and one of them was her father. Nine years ago I had gone over to his manor for a business deal and he had all but run me out of his house because according to him he did not want to do business with a

My grandmother listens as if she has found something worth studying. “It applies to my personal life and my position at Blackwood. I am elegant, and my strength lies in mystery. To navigate life, I possess the wisdom of a serpent and a venom for danger,” she concludes. “A venom for danger!” my mother bursts into laughter. “And as wise as a serpent,” my grandmother adds, entertained. “You must have been in danger before. Strengthen your venom with this ,” my mother says, handing her champagne before leaving to attend to visitors. “You’re such a gothic blessing,” my grandmother chuckles. “I always thought to survive danger, don’t try to be innocent. Bite those who bite you, or they’ll trample

“Ladies and men, I present to you, Jecobian Noblewood from the province of Eastbury, traitor to the crown and criminal guilty of attempted murder of the princess!” Once again, there was an initial gasp as the crowd processed who the villain was, and then the shouts broke out again. Kit turned to her mother, pleading for her opportunity, but her mother’s hand on her arm stilled her. She wasn’t done yet. “Look! Look at him! He who sought to marry my daughter and has now betrayed his province, his realm, and all of you! His grandmother is here today.” She gestured to where Lita stood near the front of the crowd, protected by Kit’s guardsman. “Think of her shame!” A few people tried to get to th