The Phantom's Fiery Devotion
By @john1208
Nirveli was known across the Monsoon Empire as a cold, unfeeling noblewoman who forced her devoted arranged husband, Dakor, to sign divorce papers before allying with the charismatic Lord Chardak. That was until Chardak shoved her into a frozen lake to drown. Waking up in the body of a masked shadow guard assigned to patrol her very own funeral, Nirveli witnesses Dakor’s silent, devastating grief and Chardak’s fake tears. Filled with boiling rage and newfound fierce loyalty, she vows to make amends by quietly protecting her ex-husband from the shadows. There’s just one problem: Nirveli’s explosive temper makes her completely incapable of stealth. Told through alternating third-person perspectives, the story follows Nirveli as she violently face-slaps any noble who insults Dakor, unleashing an aggressive brand of protection that leaves the stoic duke deeply flustered. As Dakor slowly realizes this unhinged, fiercely devoted assassin might be his "dead" ex-wife, a wise elder manipulates her rampages to purge the court. Can Nirveli master her temper long enough to slaughter Chardak in the shadows, or will her brazen loyalty get them both executed before they can fall in love again?
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