The engagement is public. The baby is real. The cameras are watching. And Rhys Llewellyn knows exactly how to play the part. Billionaire. CEO. Fiancé. Danger, dressed in a tailored suit and the kind of smile that hides too much. After a break-in ends with a body on the floor and Jasmine in his arms, they flee to Lake Como. Sunlight. Solitude. Safety-or the illusion of it. But silence has a sound. And some threats don't need to chase you-they wait. He says he'll protect her. He always has. But the closer they get to the altar, the more Jasmine starts to wonder- What happens when the man you trust with your life is also the one you should fear?

They survived the fire. Now they're left with the smoke. Back home in New Zealand, Jasmine and Rhys are planning the wedding the world's been waiting for. But behind the headlines and carefully chosen photos, they're still healing-from bloodshed, from betrayal, from the kind of past that doesn't stay buried. Jasmine is pregnant. But the joy is laced with fear. Loss still claws at the edges of her memory, and the shadows in Rhys's world are never far behind. The watchers haven't stopped. The danger hasn't vanished. And the ghosts they thought they outran? They've just caught up. This is a story about protection that turns possessive, love that won't soften to survive, and devotion that dares to be brutal when tenderness isn't enough.

Rhys Llewellyn is everything the world worships- Refined. Ruthless. Untouchable. A CEO with blood on his hands and charm in his smile, built for headlines and dominance. But power is just the surface. And Jasmine? She's the only one who sees what lives underneath. Their love wasn't meant to survive the spotlight. It wasn't meant to survive the secrets either. Because the deeper she falls, the more cracks she finds in the man the world believes is flawless. He's not just protective. He's possessive. He's not just loyal. He's lethal. And beneath the skin- Under the tailored suits and measured words- Lurks something far more dangerous than anyone ever expected: The kind of devotion that doesn't end at blood. It ends at ruin.

He was forged for war. She was born from survival. Together, they will burn a bloodline to the ground. Rhys Llewellyn was never meant to love. Groomed by a ruthless empire of wealth and silence, he walked away from the legacy meant to define him-only to find his salvation in the eyes of a woman the world once tried to break. Jasmine didn't need saving. She needed someone who would bleed for her the way she had always bled for others. When Rhys found her, she was scarred, brilliant, and terrifyingly alive. She didn't just survive his world. She rewrote it. Together, they've survived abductions, betrayals, and wars waged in boardrooms and back alleys. Now, with enemies closing in, Rhys and Jasmine must confront the blood-soaked ghosts of their past. Loyalty will be tested. Names will burn. And through it all, one truth remains: She is his reason. He is her home. And nothing-not blood, not betrayal, not fate itself-will tear them apart. ⚡ Dominant/Submissive dynamic rooted in survival and trust. ⚡ Found family, high stakes, soul-shattering intimacy. ⚡ For readers who believe love isn't just soft-it's war.