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Amira never meant to marry a man like Zaid.
She was raised behind gold-trimmed curtains, taught grace, silence, obedience. Her world was one of perfect smiles and hidden bruises. She belonged to powerful men-first her father, then her fiancé. But Zaid tore that world apart.
The marriage wasn't her choice. It was a transaction. A contract signed in silence and sealed with threats. She was handed to him like a gift... or a weapon.
Zaid didn't ask if she was willing.
He simply looked at her that night, eyes as dark as war, and said,
"You belong to me now. Learn to live with it."
But Amira was never meant to be tamed.
She came into his mansion like a storm trapped in silk, calm on the outside but burning underneath. And Zaid, the cold and calculated mafia king, didn't realize he'd married fire.
In the beginning, there was no trust. No warmth. Just sharp glares, locked doors, and silence heavy enough to choke. Amira watched him like a stranger. Zaid watched her like a threat.
But beneath the tension-something lived. Something dangerous. Something they both refused to name.
And in the shadows of that house, between betrayal and secrets, a war began.
Not between empires.
But between King and Queen.
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