He owns the land, the castle, and now, he owns her breath.
Elspeth is a scullery maid drowning in a legacy of debt she can never repay. Julian Vane, the merciless Duke of Alaric, demands payment not in coin, but in absolute submission.
Invoking the ancient and brutal Laird's Right, he plucks her from the soot of the kitchens to transform her into a creature of his own making. Julian does not just dress her; he conquers her.