CIBYSYH | Ch 25

“I hear everything—day and night!” Isadora McDoor, the notorious editor of the scandal-filled Blackbird Daily, is a crow beastkin. One day, while sneaking around on another undercover job, she happens to overhear nobles plotting a rebellion. [This is huge! A total scoop!] “Caw, caw!” But maybe she got a little too excited—because the next second, a hunter’s arrow strikes her down. Freezing and on the verge of death, she’s picked up by a grand carriage… And the owner turns out to be none other than the mysterious, feared Grand Duke of the North, Leonard Caribou! Her wings may be injured, but reporting comes first. [I’ll just borrow your shoulder for a bit, Duke.] But then… “I’ll call you Canary. You’re always humming like one.” Huh? What? “I’ll even build you a house right here, on my estate.” Wait, wasn’t he supposed to be a bloodthirsty madman? “…Stay by my side.” Why is he being so gentle? All I wanted was to shadow him for an exclusive!

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She finally manages to escape the duke’s castle— Only for the duke himself to storm into Blackbird Daily, eyes wild with desperation. “Please… help me find my Canary.” Excuse me?! Who are you calling your canary? I’m a crow, thank you very much! The overworked tabloid journalist Isadora, and the cold-but-softhearted Duke Leonard— Their messy, chaotic “contract romance” begins!