Raven Hagen has always understood duty. It shaped her childhood, steeled her heart, and defined every choice her father made for her. So when she is bound by marriage to Prince Theron—a man she barely knows, a man she was never meant to love—she accepts her fate as another obligation demanded of her. The palace, the new world to navigate changes everything. An unexpected, patient affection that grows into a fierce, consuming love. With him, she discovers a tenderness she had never believed she deserved—one powerful enough to challenge the loyalties she was raised to honour. Yet just as her heart finds a home, betrayal tears it all apart. A deadly scheme inside the palace threatens Raven’s life and that of her new born child, dragging into the light long-buried sins committed by both families. Torn from her husband and taken back to House Hagen, Raven is forced once again to confront the duty she owes her bloodline… and the love she can no longer deny. As the kingdom trembles under the weight of vengeance and revelation, Raven must choose which bond defines her: the family that shaped her, or the love that transformed her. The Duty That Binds Us is a tale of unexpected love, impossible choices, and the cost of carrying two families—one by blood, one by heart.