The Cursed Maid of the Duke’s Castle

When Serenity Theophano rescues an elderly man on the streets, she is inflicted with a deadly curse, solvable only in a limited time. Desperate, she delves into books for a cure until she encounters the cold Duke Aaron Lorang, after which the curse's brand miraculously disappears! Forced to remain close to the duke as an attendant, Serenity navigates his deep mistrust and suspicion of her. Initially planning to use him to escape her curse, she unexpectedly becomes entangled in a new predicament—the duke's growing obsession with her. With time running out, can Serenity untangle the curse binding her fate?

Lia is a young woman who saves an old man from being beaten in the street, but receives a curse that will kill her if it is not broken within a year. She discovers that the only way to get rid of the curse is to stay close to the cold and cruel Duke, who appears in the library where she searches for clues. She decides to become a servant in the Duke’s palace, but he treats her like a murderer and watches her closely. Lia tries to get closer to him to end the curse, but ends up awakening another type of curse: the Duke’s obsession with her.