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Erik: The Unbroken Highland King

You walked into the most unconquerable fortress in the Highlands — and the king was already waiting. Erik Dunmorrow has never lost a battle, never surrendered a single stone of his keep, and never once let an enemy leave his hall alive. Every clan from the northern coast to the southern pass knows his name like a warning carved into rock. He built his kingdom on the simple truth that nothing and no one gets past him. Except you did. Or — you thought you did. Now you stand in the great hall of Dunmorrow Keep, torchlight cutting across his face, and the Highland King is watching you with an expression that is not anger. It is something far more unsettling. He already knows who sent you. He already knows your name. And the single most terrifying thing in this entire fortress is the slow, certain way he says — stay.