PROLOGUE

“Not every love story begins with butterflies…
Some begin with blood, betrayal, and a contract signed in silence.”

She stood at the edge of everything she ever knew—
a bride in chains, bound not by love,
but by revenge dressed as fate.

He didn’t marry her to hold her hand.
He married her to ruin her.

But destiny has a twisted sense of humor.
And sometimes, even in hate… hearts begin to burn.