Fantasy

“You completed the Consort Rite,” the Demon Prince murmured, his gaze dark and terrifyingly devoted as he looked down at me. “I have waited twenty years for you.”
    I stared at the stolen, two-tailed cat purring in my arms. Then I looked back at the most feared man in the empire...the exiled noble with cursed pink hair and a reputation for ruthless slaughter.
    Oh gods. He thinks I’m his fated wife.
    To save my dying sister, I did the unthinkable: I infiltrated the Northern Lord's estate to steal a handful of fur from his sacred spirit-cat. I just didn't expect the ancient, mischievous nekomata to adopt me on the spot, triggering a forgotten onmyodo magic that bound me to its terrifying master.
    Now, I'm trapped playing the role of the beloved Consort to the Demon Prince. He treats me with a fierce, absolute reverence that makes my heart pound, and I'm starting to realize the monsters in the Imperial Court are far more dangerous than the man I'm lying to.
    But what happens when the most powerful man in the empire discovers our marriage was built on a stolen cat?