"I don’t love you," I murmured.  
He set his wine aside and stood up. Slowly, he closed the distance between us, gently touching my chin with his fingertips. His gaze lingered on my lips before locking with my eyes.  
"I don’t love you either, Princess, and I have no intention to."  
He said these words with complete coldness and sat back down, which enraged me.  
"Then why fight in a tournament for my hand? Is it just because I’m a princess?" I shot back.  
"You are a Lancaster Princess, and I need a worthy heir."  
"I hope my womb stays as dry as the desert sands, Commander."  
He stared at me, and I caught a flicker of rage in his dark eyes, but he quickly hid it, replacing it with his cynical smile.  
"In that case, we would have to try many times, my dear, until your womb is no longer so dry. I’d try for the rest of my life, even," he replied maliciously.

In a tournament for Princess Helena Lancaster’s hand, she finds her fate intertwined with John Chase, a fearsome commander and warrior. With a peculiar personality, he was everything she despised—possessive, audacious, authoritative, and overwhelmingly dominant. And he was the one most likely to win the tournament for her hand.  
But John Chase was much more than just the commander of Crow Isle. He harbored a dark secret that would change her life forever.  
An island full of mysterious men with their own secrets and conflicts, and she was destined to become their lady. Soon, Helena would discover that a great danger lurks on the island. Could she trust her husband to protect her?

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