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Duke Caesar Alderson has always lived by duty—an unwavering pillar of nobility, power, and restraint. Yet, beneath his composed exterior lies an ache he dares not name. Yet that ache has a name: Marianne. Once his childhood companion and loyal servant, she was the only one who saw him beyond his title. But years ago, she left the duchy behind, choosing a life of independence, burying a feeling one should not be never named at all.