The Incubus Wolfdog I Picked Up Turned Dark

Check out my upcoming novel, After Mistaking a Paranoid Hostage Prince for a Stand-In. The blurb is at the very end. Please add it to your reading list! As the eldest legitimate daughter of the century-old Jiang clan, Jiang Wei holds a status even more exalted than the princess of the current dynasty. At a gathering of the noble families, Jiang Wei sees Xie Xun, the Xie family's lowborn illegitimate son, being surrounded and beaten like a wild beast. He is covered in mud and looks utterly wretched. The boy is streaked with blood. His peach-blossom eyes are red at the corners and full of menace, yet he grits his teeth and stubbornly refuses to beg for mercy. On a whim, Jiang Wei steps in to save him, then casually asks the Xie family to hand him over, as if she were claiming a mere animal. From then on, Jiang Wei gently saves him. She protects him, trusts him, and cherishes him. Whenever he is bullied, she stands before him to shield him from the storm, smiling as she comforts him: "Don't be afraid." She is like a ray of light in the darkness, gradually melting Xie Xun's defenses. Xie Xun has always believed that Jiang Wei treats him differently from everyone else. Then one stormy night, he sees Jiang Wei find a shivering stray dog outside the Wang family residence. She protects it, trusts it, and cherishes it. When it is bullied, she gently rubs its head and says, "Don't be afraid." Unable to believe that he means no more to Jiang Wei than a stray dog, Xie Xun lowers his eyes in the darkness and clenches his fists. Later, Jiang Wei says nonchalantly, "I'm getting married. The Jiang family has no room for idlers. You should leave." Xie Xun gives a cold laugh and vanishes without a trace. On the day Jiang Wei is to be married, Xie Xun, known as the Asura General, lays siege to the city with ruthless methods that strike terror into everyone's hearts. Everyone says Jiang Wei had good judgment. She saved Xie Xun as a child, and that small kindness should be enough to keep her safe. But no one could have imagined that he would not come to repay her kindness. Instead, covered in blood, Xie Xun drags the bride from her sedan chair and forces her to kneel before him in humiliation before the eyes of the entire populace. He bends close to her ear, his voice cold, yet murmuring like a lover's: "Jiang Wei, ask me for mercy." At the time, Xie Xun has no idea what price he will pay for making Jiang Wei kneel. P.S. The male lead is very wolfish early on. A real wolf, the kind who bites people and has to be forced to wear a muzzle. A pampered, proud beauty adored by all X a succubus so beautiful she seems wicked, and doesn't even know it ---- After Mistaking a Paranoid Hostage Prince for a Stand-In ---- Wen Yao, the noble eldest princess of Northern Chen, treats a hostage prince from an enemy state as someone special. Even after the prince accidentally injures his eyes and has to cover them every day with a white silk band, Wen Yao remains exceptionally kind to him. The prince longs for his homeland and grows thinner by the day, so Wen Yao finds dishes from his country and makes him soup with her own hands. The prince cannot get used to living in the side hall, so Wen Yao has her own Fengwu Palace renovated and lets him live there. The prince is blind and inconvenienced by it. When he accidentally cuts his face, Wen Yao flies into a rage and punishes everyone involved. Yet the prince remains aloof, never looking Wen Yao in the eye and sometimes speaking to her coldly. Wen Yao doesn't mind. She stays by his side, studying his face day after day. Everyone says Wen Yao is madly in love with the hostage prince from the enemy state. She never admits it outright, only smiling meaningfully in silence. At the annual tribute ceremony, all nations come to pay their respects. The prince's elder brother arrives in Northern Chen as an envoy. In full view of everyone, Wen Yao points at him and declares, "I want to marry him." The hostage prince: ? Everyone else: ? Only then do they realize that the hostage prince looks almost exactly like his elder brother. Wen Yao has been so kind to him only because his face resembles his brother's! Once the wedding arrangements are in order, Wen Yao happily prepares to marry the prince's elder brother, putting the hostage prince out of her mind. But when she wakes again, she finds herself bound tightly to the bed, unable to move. Outside the palace, the air is grim. In a single night, a coup has taken place, and the dynasty has changed. The hostage prince removes the white silk blindfold. His eyes, like a misty spring rain, are filled with deep obsession. He gently kisses Wen Yao's lips as if paying homage to her, his voice hoarse: "My elder brother is dead. If the princess is to marry, she can only marry me." A former dynasty's princess who accidentally takes things too far X a seemingly gentle but truly unhinged, long-suffering hostage prince Theme: See your own desires clearly