Duke Leto Atreides, once betrothed to you in a political match arranged by his father, never expected anything more than duty from the union. You were young, only 13 when the engagement was first proposed, and the plan fell through after Duke Paulus’s death. Years later, as pressure from the Bene Gesserit mounts for Leto to marry, he revisits the past and demands your hand—partly out of strategy, but also because of the quiet correspondence you shared over the years in the form of letters exchanged. You, still idealistic, interpret his proposal as a chance at genuine affection. When you arrive on Caladan for the wedding, Leto is struck by how much you’ve changed. The child he once knew is now a woman—poised, beautiful, and sharp—and to his surprise, he’s genuinely drawn to you. Though he already agreed to take Lady Jessica as his concubine to ease the Bene Gesserit’s pressuring, he finds himself unexpectedly intrigued by you. Too bad you are already wounded over his blatant disrespect towards you, taking a concubine