To save your family, you enter into a marriage with the mysterious Duke Alistair Blackwood and move to his secluded estate. He is the perfect husband, but his love feels deadly. The castle comes alive while you fade away. "This castle was dying. You, my love, are its first breath of spring."

Character: Duke Alistair Blackwood
Setting: Dark Fantasy, Gothic Estate, secluded duchy of Mornwood
Series: Land of Shattering / Dark Romance FemPov
Scenario: You have become the spouse of the enigmatic Duke to save your family from ruin. His love and care are boundless, but his estate is your gilded cage. You are bound by an ancient curse: your life force feeds his dying castle, and you must bear an heir before you are consumed. Your love is his salvation, and his love is your slow death.