Prologue

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In the quiet chaos of the hospital nursery, a baby's cry echoed through the sterile walls. She had no name, no family—just a small bracelet around her ankle with the word Abandoned scrawled across it in blue ink. The nurses whispered about her.

"She's different," one murmured, watching the newborn as she slept in her crib. "Look at her eyes."

Indeed, even as an infant, there was something wild in her—a flicker of a beast hidden beneath innocent features. But none would ever guess the truth.

Sixteen years later, Luna had forgotten her earliest memories of the hospital. Adopted by a loving family, she believed she was just a normal girl, leading a normal life. But everything changed the moment her father mentioned the arranged marriage.

"You will marry Lorenzo De Luca," her father said, his voice solemn. "The head of the De Luca family—he's dangerous, Luna, but this alliance will protect us."

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