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Ashley Ibrahim has spent her entire life proving she deserves to exist.
Blamed for her mother's death, raised under impossible expectations, and trapped within the golden walls of Kandala, she knows one thing for certain: she will never belong to herself.
Dorian Halivar, the feared Crown Prince of Aretha, was raised to become a weapon. Cold, ruthless, and known across kingdoms as the Brutal Death, he has no interest in love, marriage, or weakness.
When a political alliance forces them into an unwanted marriage, two enemies who have never met find themselves trapped in a game far more dangerous than either expected.
Between fragile treaties, hidden enemies, royal conspiracies, and wounds that refuse to heal, Ashley and Dorian must decide whether they are each other's greatest threat... or the only person capable of understanding what it means to survive.
In a world where loyalty is bought, trust is deadly, and every kingdom hides secrets, some promises were never meant to be broken.
And some hearts were never meant to meet.