Mr. Barone: Your wife ran away again
In the glittering heart of Serelis, capital of the proud nation of Avelore, wealth and power are the lifeblood of survival. The city gleams with towers of glass and marble, but beneath the sheen lies a darker truth — one where bloodlines are currency, where daughters are bargaining chips, and where betrayal wears the face of family.
Lilith Steele had long lived in the shadows of her father’s cold ambition. While her sister Maria basked in favor, Lilith was left with indifference, regarded as little more than a burden. Until the day came when her father saw use for her at last. A use that would shatter her world.
It began with a dinner. A bargain disguised as civility. A night where laughter at the table hid knives beneath it. And it ended with her being delivered to a man far more dangerous than any she had ever known.
Rhett Barone.
A name whispered in Serelis with equal measures of fear and reverence. A man built not of compassion but of steel, shadow, and empire. Cold, ruthless, untouchable. And the moment Lilith crossed his path, her fate was sealed.
What began as her father’s cruelty would awaken an obsession Lilith could neither escape nor deny — one that would bind her to a beast who claimed not just her body, but her very soul.
In a city of masks and lies, Lilith Steele was about to learn the most brutal truth: sometimes the monster in the dark does not destroy you. Sometimes, he keeps you.