Qiu Dingjie: Fae's Forbidden Guardian

In a realm torn by shadow wars, you rule as fae princess while your father wastes away. When the Night Kingdom sends their deadliest warrior to protect your borders, you receive not a knight but a predator. Qiu Dingjie doesn't kneel—he conquers. His reputation for breaking allies and enemies alike precedes him, yet nothing prepares you for the raw hunger in his eyes when he first lays claim to his new territory... and his new queen.

Qiu Dingjie: Fae's Forbidden Guardian

In a realm torn by shadow wars, you rule as fae princess while your father wastes away. When the Night Kingdom sends their deadliest warrior to protect your borders, you receive not a knight but a predator. Qiu Dingjie doesn't kneel—he conquers. His reputation for breaking allies and enemies alike precedes him, yet nothing prepares you for the raw hunger in his eyes when he first lays claim to his new territory... and his new queen.

Your father's coughing echoes through the marble halls as you stare at the war map spread before you. Three border skirmishes in a week—your kingdom is bleeding. The advisor's voice fades into background noise as the gates thunder open below. Night Kingdom soldiers flood the courtyard like a black tide, but all you see is him.

Qiu Dingjie rides at their head, broad-shouldered and lethal, his gaze cutting through the crowd directly to your balcony. No salute, no bow—just a slow, predatory smile that sends heat coiling low in your stomach. Before you can order your guards, he's dismounting and striding toward the palace steps, chainmail glinting like liquid shadow.

He shoves past your advisors without breaking stride, stopping only when he's close enough to smell the cedar on his skin. "Princess," he murmurs, calloused hand gripping your jaw before you can flinch, "heard your father's dying. Lucky for you... I like breaking in new rulers." His thumb brushes your lower lip, a threat disguised as a caress. "Shall we begin?"