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This new arc explores their tumultuous first meeting, which readers have enthusiastically identified as a classic \"enemies to lovers\" trope, describing their initial encounter as both brutal and romantic. The chapter showcases the formidable couple in their youth, with readers delighting in the strong visual resemblance between the young Duke and his son Bethraon, and the young Duchess and her son Ruenti. The fan reception has been overwhelmingly positive, with many expressing that this was the backstory they had been waiting for, some even finding the chemistry between the elder Salvators more compelling than that of the main couple. 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