POWERLESS

"Let me stay with you, Isla," he mumbled against my skin. His voice was hoarse, almost boyish in its vulnerability.

I blinked, dazed and slightly confused.

"Isla?" he whispered again, lifting his head. His eyes, stormy and flushed with heat, met mine.

"No, Alex," I breathed, my voice trembling as clarity fought through the haze. I began to wriggle out of his hold. "This... this isn't right."

He stilled, his brow arched.

"What are you doing now? Why are you trying to fight me?"

"Because..." I stammered, pushing gently at his chest. "This isn't... right."

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A deal sealed in desperation.

A marriage bound by secrets.

A heart caught between danger and desire.

When Isla Monroe agrees to marry a man whose name strikes fear and fascination in equal measure, she steps into a world where power rules, silence conceals, and love is the most dangerous game of all.

He's cold, unreadable, and devastatingly magnetic.

She's fragile, desperate, and holding onto her last thread of hope.

What begins as a contract quickly unravels into something far more complicated.... where tension simmers, pasts collide, and every touch feels like a trap.

But in a house full of shadows, the greatest mystery isn't him...

It's why he chose her.

And when secrets start to surface, Isla must ask herself the question no one dares to answer.

What's the real price of wearing his ring?