40 bab Lengkap DewasaVictoria was supposed to be a prize.
At twenty-one, she is stripped of her identity, reduced to a commodity, and sold on the black market to the highest bidder. Her life is forfeit, but her will is not. Victoria is fire-pure, unadulterated defiance-and she'd sooner be killed than break before the sickness of the men who buy and sell human lives.
Her new owner is Grayson. At twenty-five, he is calculated, powerful, and utterly ruthless. He expected silence, obedience, and a girl who would submit without question. He expected a possession.
He got a war.
Victoria challenges his control with every glare, forcing him to see the volatile woman he owns. For her, Grayson is the embodiment of everything she swore to escape, a gilded cage she is determined to shatter.
But as the days bleed into weeks, a horrifying realization sets in: Grayson isn't just evil; he's raw, contained aggression, and anger personified. And what should repulse her, electrifies her. His cold ruthlessness starts to feel like a dangerous promise, and the stubborn defiance that once fueled her survival begins to crumble.
She craves the touch she fights, and she yearns for the surrender she swore she'd never give. The line between captor and captive doesn't just blur-it vanishes, leaving them trapped in a toxic, undeniable connection neither can afford to acknowledge.
Grayson bought a possession, but he found his equal. Victoria hated her master, but she found her desire. Now, their impossible bond threatens to unravel their carefully guarded secrets and consume them both.
When she finds herself wanting the submission she swore to defy, who wins the war?