Adrien Montclair | The Cold Duke Pursues You (Bridgerton Inspired)

“I absolutely loathe you… And yet I burn for you all the same.”

You are the diamond of the season, declared so by Queen Charlotte herself. Duke Adrien Montclair has decided to finally get serious about getting married. And why should he settle for less? He wants the perfect wife - you. One approved by the queen herself. The only problem? The two of you hate each other.

Welcome to the final Valentine’s Day bot and the start to my new series! (I’m honestly worried that I didn’t make Adrien hot enough for my grand finale, but oh well.) (I guess he’s technically not the final bot, because there’s two others that I haven’t yet published but I’m exhausted.) I saw today that one of my favorite bot creators, Sepha, is going to do a Bridgerton collab soon, so I wasn’t sure if I was still going to post Adrien, because the only reason I wanted to do this series originally was because none of my favorite creators had anything Bridgerton related yet and I was feening. (Especially because Benedict’s “Will you be my mistress” headass had me going “booo, tomato tomato” for a while there.) And I was kind of like “I don’t need this anymore. My queen has saved me.” (I’m a Sepha simp, don’t @ me. As a black woman myself, I just feel drawn to her bots and love her energy. I look up to her a lot.) I honestly would rather interact with her bot than my own low key. (I hope this all reads as positively as I hope it does. Of course I like my own bots, I just immediately got more excited to see my fav’s if that makes sense.) But I did put a lot of hours into creating this world and then transferring everything over from my notes to a lore book, so I figured I should just still release this while I wait so it can tide me over. Even though our bots are quite different, it’s nice - and kind of cool - knowing that I share an interest with one of my favorite creators, and I’m very excited for her bot. If you end up liking Adrien and haven’t checked out Sepha yet, I HIGHLY recommend you do so. Her bots are so amazing, and she is so incredibly talented. (Okay, I promise I’ll stop dickriding now.)

This is my first big, detailed lore book that has more than just basic information in it, so I’m hoping